Charnin, Zippel, Kimball, Reed and Stritch Will Be Artistic Directors for 2009 Lyrics & Lyricists Season (Playbill)
The 2009 Lyrics & Lyricists season at the 92nd Street Y the first season under the guidance of new artistic director Deborah Grace Winer will feature shows created by guest artistic directors Martin Charnin, David Zippel, Robert Kimball, Rex Reed and Billy Stritch.
Foreign concept, Masterworks Chorale to belt out German lyrics in ‘Ode to Joy’ (Carroll County Online)
While rehearsing “Ode to Joy,” the climactic final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, soprano Pat Rowser discovered it had plenty of high notes. And another challenge presented itself: “Ode to Joy” lyrics are in German.
Tony nominee pens Filipino lyrics … (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
LOS ANGELES - Nangulila ako bigla! said actress Marie-France Arcilla via e-mail about being surprised by Tony Award nominee and current Broadway sensation, Lin-Manuel Miranda, with Filipino lyrics in a new song he wrote for her character in a restaging of the musical, Working.
Google - defender of the net, or an ‘infringement factory’? (Independent)
There is a young woman in spectacles and an orange wig dancing around her bedroom doing an out-of-tune spoof of the song “YMCA”, complete with arm-waving and expletive-riddled lyrics. Nothing out of the ordinary there, then, because of course, this is YouTube.
Indy grads celebrate new step (The Register-Herald)
The lights dimmed and pictures of Independence High Schools seniors, dances and crowded hallways flashed on the screen as the lyrics I will remember you belted across the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Centers auditorium.
Writer of melodies (Deccan Herald)
B S Srivani remembers lyricist R N Jayagopal whose lyrics stood out for their richness.
Students tested on Winehouse lyrics (UPI)
CAMBRIDGE, England, May 28 (UPI) — Students taking the Practical Criticism class at Cambridge University in England compared Amy Winehouse’s lyrics to Sir Walter Raleigh’s poetry for an exam.
To have enough time (Radio Prague)
Hello and welcome to another edition of Sound Czech Radio Pragues Czech language programme which helps you learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, well be listening to a song by the legendary duo Ji Such and Ji litr called Pramnek vlas, which translates as A Lock of Hair. The phrase to listen out for is je toti nedle a mm dost asu.
Welcome to the End of the Road (Washington Post)
Lyrics from James McMurtry’s “Fire Line Road”: I got this duplex up on Fire Line Road
I’m never the same person: Prasoon Joshi (Hindustan Times)
Prasoon Joshi has also penned the lyrics for Aamir Khan’s directorial venture Taare Zameen Par. Oh, All right, Prasoon Joshi is going to be in Cannes next month - this time to chair the jury that will sit on judgement on outdoor advertising.