Yo-Yo Ma
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The Goat Rodeo Sessions is an ambitious and groundbreaking project that brings together four string virtuosos: world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinist Chris Thile. While each artist is a prominent figure in his own music sphere, they have come together as a unified ensemble on a most remarkable and organic cross-genre project. The music, including two tracks with female vocalist Aoife O'Donovan,...
Language
English
Description
In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Featuring 21 new recordings, ranging from fresh arrangements of traditional folk tunes to mainstays from the western classical repertoire, the songs here bring a sense of community, identity, and purpose, crossing boundaries and binding listeners together in thanks, consolation, and encouragement.
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