From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V6 #54 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, February 25 2000 Volume 06 : Number 054 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Songs about the Wee Folk [neal ] Re: Ofra Haza [neal ] Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Velvet Belly [anna maria "stjärnell" ] Re: Ofra Haza 1957-2000 [Philip David Morgan ] Re: NPR & Ken of the GLC ["Valerie Nozick" ] Re: Songs about the Wee Folk [I Am Not I ] a few more wee folk [dmw ] Re: a few more wee folk [jburka@min.net] thanks for ecto classical replies ["JoAnn Whetsell" ] Re: ecto classical [Greg Jumper ] Million Dollar Hotel [jjhanson@att.net] Re: Ofra Haza [Jess913@aol.com] Ofra [Jess913@aol.com] Susan MacLean [Terra Incognita ] Re: ecto classical [Linda Lambertson ] Lydia McCauley -- Sabbath Day's Journey [Marion Kippers ] Re: Ofra Haza [Joseph Zitt ] RE: Ben Lee ["Amy" ] Re: Lydia McCauley -- Sabbath Day's Journey [jburka@min.net] Ofra Haza clipping from Israel [There is no spoon ] Re: Songs about the Wee Folk [Chris Morriss ] Re: ecto classical [Yngve Hauge ] Re: thanks for ecto classical replies [Yngve Hauge ] Re: Ecto Classical? [Ricardo ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:49:10 -0700 From: neal Subject: Re: Songs about the Wee Folk At 09:04 PM 2/23/00 +0000, Chris Morriss wrote: >A very interesting version of 'Tam Lin' is by the now defunct English >band 'Pyewackett'. Very different from the well-known Fairport version, >but well worth having a listen to. What does Pyewackett mean? I also have a disc by Soul Whirling Somewhere that is called that, and I've always been curious. neal ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:48:00 -0700 From: neal Subject: Re: Ofra Haza At 10:06 PM 2/23/00 -0800, J Wermont wrote: >Are her albums uneven like that? Some more commercial, others more >connected to her roots? Maybe I got one of the bubble-gum albums (as >mentioned in the AP article). Yeah, her albums are pretty uneven. The most traditional sounding one that is widely available is Yemenite Songs. It's a really marvelous album, and I don't think you can go wrong with it. Last year I found one that was an Israeli import. All the writing is in Hebrew. Can't recall what it's called, and it's in storage at the moment. It wasn't as percussive as Yemenite Songs though, which is part of the thrill of that album. The next album, Shaday, is also quite good, though rather erratic. It has some very standard, kinda shlocky dance songs, but also some really exciting reworkings of songs that appear on Yemenite Songs, where she takes the traditional songs, still sings them in Hebrew, but they get a bit more of an electronic/dance treatment. I find this album to be half great, and an excellent companion to Yemenite Songs. Next up was Desert Winds. Joe Zitt and I are polar opposites on this one. I almost gave up on her after it came out. I found it to be overproduced and almost entirely uninteresting, losing most of the traditional touchs and going in a very wrong direction. There are one or two songs that I really like though, which redeems the album a bit. I probably wouldn't have bought Kirya except I was curious what Don Was would do with her. And he did his usual job of helping an artist rediscover their roots. I found it much more enjoyable then Desert Winds, and appreciated the traditional aspects that she brought back. Not as strong as Yemenite Songs and Shaday though. I believe another album was released since then, just called Ofra Haza, that I haven't heard. There is info on her web site (www.ofrahaza.com) about all the albums, as well as a lot of samples from a live album that I have also never heard. neal np: Rhodesongs nr: Sandman: Fables and Reflections - Neil Gaiman ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:00:04 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************** Michael Curry (mcurry@io.com) ********************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michael Curry Fri February 24 1967 Pisces Paula Shanks Mon February 25 1952 Pisces Brni Mojzes Fri February 26 1965 the vanishing boy Pamela Pociluk Fri February 28 1964 Pisces Peter Clark Thu March 04 1948 Pedestrian Tim Steele Fri March 08 1963 Pisces Matt Bittner Thu March 12 1964 Pisces kIrI Hargie Fri March 13 1970 Pisces Bob Dreano Thu March 13 1958 Pisces Randall K. Smith Sat March 15 1969 Pisces Jessica Skolnik March 16 Pisces Alan Sodoma Thu March 18 1965 LuckyLurker Richard Konrad Sat March 18 1944 Pisces Barry Wong Thu March 19 1970 Merlin Graham Dombkins Fri March 19 1965 Pisces Ian Young Wed March 19 1969 Squiggol Jeff Wasilko Wed March 19 1969 Pisces Geoff Carre Sat March 20 1954 Pisces John Stewart Sat March 21 1970 Aries Bob Brown Thu March 22 1951 Ham - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 02:07:07 -0800 (PST) From: anna maria "stjärnell" Subject: Velvet Belly Hi.. Recieved a copy of Velvet Belly's the Man with the child in his eyes too. Thank you Yngve.This is a lovely cover. I look forward to hearing the Kate tribute album that I've just ordered. Fiona Apple's received some shit reviews here..One reviewer compared her to the horrible Anouk..The rest went on about Tori being better and such things.They just dont understand ectoish stuff. Gah! Okay..If someone wants to take Dream City Filmclub off my hands i'll be happy.They sound like Cave and Joy Division. Just pay postage and the record is yours. Will soon have a copy of Anja Garbarek's Balloon Mood..Yay! Anna Maria np-Velvet belly-The Man with the Child in His Eyes nr-Jonathan Carroll-land of laughs __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 06:15:24 -0500 From: Philip David Morgan Subject: Re: Ofra Haza 1957-2000 Hello, Valerie: Thank you for forwarding the Associated Press story, especially since virtually no one - not _Newsday_ nor the local radio stations - picked up the story. You always hate it when someone dies well before his or her time. I have only two of Ofra Haza's two U.S. releases, but they were enough to make a lasting impression. I'll miss her, and forever wonder what else she might have done if she hadn't crossed the threshold last night.... Very sad, Philip David (but I guess we'll carry on, then) 2/24/2000 - -- http://dianewolkstein.com/ http://members.dencity.com/SakuraNation/ - -- "Don't keep up with the Joneses - drag them down to your level. It's cheaper." - - Quentin Crisp. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 08:12:05 -0500 From: "Valerie Nozick" Subject: Re: NPR & Ken of the GLC You can listen to the story at http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=2%2F23%2F2000&PrgID=3 (scroll down for the story about the London mayoral race) FYI, you can listen to any Morning Edition or All Things Considered stories, going back several years, at http://www.npr.org. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/23/00, at 6:27 PM, ken@3com-ne.com wrote: >This morning, as I was driving in to work, I was listening to NPR. >They had a very interesting story about Ken Livingston running for >office in London this year. > >Perhaps it's a sign that I should listen to more KaTe..... > >http://www.gate.net/~heisjohn/kate/kenl.htm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 05:14:32 -0800 From: I Am Not I Subject: Re: Songs about the Wee Folk neal wrote: > > What does Pyewackett mean? I also have a disc by Soul Whirling Somewhere > that is called that, and I've always been curious. As I recall, Pyewackett was the name of the witches' familiar (usually a cat) in Bell, Book and Candle. At: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/2426/Witch_Craft_And_Animals.htm I read the following under the heading of Familiars: Familiars were given names like any household pet, which most of them undoubtedly were. Perhaps the best known familiar name is Pyewackett, the monicker the Witch's cat in the movie Bell, Book and Candle, and a name that dates back to Renaissance England. Pyewackett, Matthew Hopkins (the famous Witch hunter) stated, was a name "no mortal could invent." Having been raised by--er, 'with'--cats, I can understand why some people might think them capable of magical powers. Daniel - -- "When you're 10, and a car drives by and splashes water all over you, it's hard to decide if you should go to school, or go home and change and probably be late. So while he was trying to decide, I drove by and splashed him again." - - Jack Handey ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:06:44 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: a few more wee folk "entangled," genesis - _trick of the tail_ song's narrator is healed (and billed) by elvish creatures several early genesis tracks might work, actually "stolen child," waterboys/w.b. yeats - _fisherman's blues?_ adaptation of poem about changeling "jig of life," kate bush - _hounds of love_ i'm not sure what textual evidence i can provide that the narrator of the recitation at the end is not meant to be human, but i'm certain of it nonetheless. and it's a pretty witchy track all around. "ramble on," led zeppelin - _led zeppelin ii_ tolkien's gollum is discoverd midsong to be the narrator's romantic nemesis - -- d. - - oh no, you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net - get yr pathos - - www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. = reviews - - www.fecklessbeast.com -- angst, guilt, fear, betrayal! = guitar pop ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:43:41 -0500 (EST) From: jburka@min.net Subject: Re: a few more wee folk On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, dmw wrote: > "entangled," genesis - _trick of the tail_ > song's narrator is healed (and billed) by elvish creatures > several early genesis tracks might work, actually Crap. I meant to include "Sqounk" and "A Trick of the Tail" -- the first being about a mythical creature who dissolves in a bubble of tears if it's trapped and the latter being about a > "stolen child," waterboys/w.b. yeats - _fisherman's blues?_ > adaptation of poem about changeling Didn't Loreena McKennitt also do a version of this poem on either her first or third album? > "jig of life," kate bush - _hounds of love_ > i'm not sure what textual evidence i can provide that the narrator of the > recitation at the end is not meant to be human, but i'm certain of it > nonetheless. and it's a pretty witchy track all around. I would probably argue that, in fact, the narrator (John Carder Bush) is actually supposed to be a facet of the protaganist's subconscious (which, in fact, virtually all of the voices in _The Ninth Wave_ are. but maybe that's only true of the voices that KaTe portrays (including the inquisitor), and any other vocalists are supposed to be external beings) Anyway. Er...how about "Moonbeam Friends" from Rhodes I? jeff n.p. _Again_, Alan Stivell ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:47:01 EST From: "JoAnn Whetsell" Subject: thanks for ecto classical replies Hi. Thanks again for all the great replies, not only on musicians and orchestras, but also on composers as well. I know some people mentioned Nigel Kennedy and _the piano_ soundtrack. Indeed, I have Kennedy's _Kafka_ album and (somewhere, though probably permanently lost) a recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Kennedy as conductor. And I have _the piano_ sdtk, which I like very much. Right now I'm particularly interested in getting recordings of Beethoven's violin concerto, Brahms' piano concertos, Rachmaninoff's piano concertos (at least #2. My favorites to play on piano are Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin, and Debussy. I mostly like to listen to orchestral works (with or without soloists) and I would welcome any suggestions on good recordings of the above composers, as well as Mahler (I only have the 1st symphony which I love), but particularly Brahms. I am positively enthralled with Brahms right now. There is a new recording of his Requiem out, and although I rarely listen to classical vocals, I may just get this album. OK. Back to work. TTFN! JoAnn ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:59:26 -0500 (EST) From: jburka@min.net Subject: Re: a few more wee folk I wrote, and thereby gave evidence of my brain-deadness: > Crap. I meant to include "Sqounk" and "A Trick of the Tail" -- the first > being about a mythical creature who dissolves in a bubble of tears if it's > trapped and the latter being about a you'd think I could at least finish a sentence. "...mythical tailed creature who lives in a city of gold, gets bored, and goes out in search of adventure. Which he finds. Eventually he escapes the cage he's been locked in at a freakshow and goes home. Both tracks are on _Trick of the Tail_" Yeesh. jeff ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:37:23 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: Re: a few more wee folk On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 jburka@min.net wrote: > Didn't Loreena McKennitt also do a version of this poem on either her > first or third album? it sort of sturck me that she ought to have something applicable, but nothing lept to mind. > > "jig of life," kate bush - _hounds of love_ > > i'm not sure what textual evidence i can provide that the narrator of the > > recitation at the end is not meant to be human, but i'm certain of it > > nonetheless. and it's a pretty witchy track all around. > > I would probably argue that, in fact, the narrator (John Carder Bush) is > actually supposed to be a facet of the protaganist's subconscious (which, > in fact, virtually all of the voices in _The Ninth Wave_ are. but maybe > that's only true of the voices that KaTe portrays (including the > inquisitor), and any other vocalists are supposed to be external beings) ...hmmm... i've given these things a much more literalist impression. oh, and hey! the fall have several songs about elves and such, including "wings" and "city hobgoblins" available on _in: the palace of swords reversed_, and, er, "elves" available on _the wonderful and frightening world of the_ - -- d. - - oh no, you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net - get yr pathos - - www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. = reviews - - www.fecklessbeast.com -- angst, guilt, fear, betrayal! = guitar pop ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 08:31:11 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Jumper Subject: Re: ecto classical JoAnn writes: well, classical really, not necessarily ecto. but i'm right now really interested in building up my classical music collection, and was wondering who people thought were good soloists, particularly on violin, cello, and piano. Recommendations for performers depend a lot on the material, and opinions vary *widely*, but Vladimir Horowitz and Sviatoslav Richter are two pianists who are cited by many for a wide range of material. A lesser-known pianist that springs to my mind is Ivan Moravec. He's best-known for his Chopin, but I have a collection of standard Beethoven piano sonatas performed by Moravec which is absolutely outstanding. Philips has been releasing a series of discs called "Great Pianists of the 20th Century", which is a reasonable way to at least find a list of performers who are considered great. :) If you go to Dejanews and search in rec.music.classical and rec.music.classical.recordings, you'll get buried in recommendations for any given combination of instrument/performer/composer. Have fun, Greg np: Dwight Ashley and Tim Story - Drop nr: Zelazny and Lindskold - Donnerjack ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 16:40:17 +0000 From: jjhanson@att.net Subject: Million Dollar Hotel Hey folks, Just read about the new Wim Wender's film soundtrack-- featuring new U2, Milla Jovovich covering Lou Reed's Satellites of Love, and jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. Looks pretty promising. Jeff Hanson n.p. Happy Rhodes - Rhodes I n.r. Salvation and other Disasters - Josip Novakovich ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:10:28 EST From: Jess913@aol.com Subject: Re: Ofra Haza i am quite interested in which Ofra Haza album would be good to start with, especially in light of this comment: << Are her albums uneven like that? Some more commercial, others more connected to her roots? Maybe I got one of the bubble-gum albums >> sometimes when artists are raved obout on a particular list, i rush out and buy something of theirs so i can be in on the raving, only to be disapointed because i hadnt really figured out what i was getting myslef into. so i'd love more info about the differences between the albums, not just which one yout hink is better, cuz i might have different taste. thanks! jess b ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:12:45 EST From: Jess913@aol.com Subject: Ofra oh and my aunt and cousins live in a town called Ofra in Israel (not far past Ramallah from Jerusalem). i wonder what Ofra means..... i will have to ask them. jess b ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:34:34 +0000 From: Terra Incognita Subject: Susan MacLean Have I seen Susan MacLean mentioned on Ecto, or is it just my imagination? Just wondering, because I'm doing a story on her at the moment and she sounds a bit like Ecto fare. 23 days until spring... Sharon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:32:06 -0500 From: Linda Lambertson Subject: Re: ecto classical the classical side of my collection runs small but strong... but I would suggest any of these three as being an engaging listen... cello - Yo Yo Ma - Inspired by Bach (sparse, strong, melancholy) guitar - Andres Segovia - The Segovia Collection (Vol. 1, Bach) (stunning re-arrangement of compositions into masterful classical guitar work) orchestra+vocal - Bobby McFerrin - Paper Music (his conducting brings a lively energy , and the selections where he replaces an instrument with his vocals are unbelievable) and then in general, there's all the piano sonatas by Beethoven, which are heartwrenchingly beautiful and essential to any self-respecting classical music collection, the hellblazing Paganini for violin, who is difficult for me to endure for long stretches but incredibly passionate and not to be missed, and absolutely anything by Mozart. ~!@L. "Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius." - Mozart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:37:10 +0100 (W. Europe Standard Time) From: Marion Kippers Subject: Lydia McCauley -- Sabbath Day's Journey Hi, Another disc I received to review for the Ectoguide recently is "Sabbath Day's Journey" from Lydia McCauley. Overall her music is much on the gentler side of Loreena McKennitt or Kate Price, a mixture of Ethereal, Folk, Traditional, and a bit New Age. Lydia McCauley has a nice voice, sometimes a bit Loreena like but softer. I think I would rather compare her to Kate Price, probably because her music is more American as well. She mixes traditional and folk elements with Celtic and medieval music. "Sabbath Day's Journey" is her first album, released in 1998. She released another album last year called "Entrances". "Sabbath Day's Journey" is very nice to listen to, it's relaxing and inspiring, contemplative and beautiful. From the opening track "Mother's Heart" comparisons to Loreena McKennitt's music are almost inevitable -- more quiet, but also very beautiful and mystic, not unlike Loreena's "The mask and mirror". Some songs make me think more of Loreena's ballads like "Skellig" of "The book of secrets", but from most other songs the comparison with Loreena is not that obvious. They are more traditional or folk, some are more Celtic or medieval, and somehow to me Lydia's music is more American (like Kate Price, who I also find more American than Celtic). In general her music is mostly gentle, quiet, ballads, though there are one or two slightly more up-tempo tracks. There is only one song that I don't like, because it's too much like a plain Christian ballad for my liking: "Burning Bush", telling the story of Moses in a too bland melody. Overall her lyrics are more about the beauty of nature and spirituality in general, sometimes they are a bit new-age but in a good way, contemplative or uplifting. The final song of the album is called "All shall be well", with lyrics inspired by 14th Century mystic Julian of Norwich: "All shall be well / All shall be well / And all manner of things shall be well" -- a mantra that I enjoy to sing along to, very inspiring. It leaves me in a good mood after the album has finished, and I find it's a great album to start the day. More information and a MP3 sound-sample can be found on her website, http://www.netos.com/lydiamccauley/index.htm . Highly recommended! Best wishes, Marion n.p. Lydia McCauley - Sabbath Day's Journey n.r. Geert Mak - De eeuw van mijn vader ("My father's Century") - ---------------------- Marion Kippers Marion.Kippers@wkap.nl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:39:50 -0600 (EST) From: "Matthew B. Downer" Subject: Faerie songs > From: Juha Sorva > Subject: Songs about the Wee Folk > > So, it occurred to me to ask you people for recommendations on suitable > theme music to play at the event. It could be something explicitly > fairy-taleish The Waterboys' "Stolen Child", from the CD _Fisherman's_Blues_. Based on a Yeats' poem: http://www.gci-net.com/~users/w/wolfsoul/poetry/yeats/yeats2.html A bit melancholy; it may be darker than what you're after, or it may be a nice counterpoint to happier, brighter faerie music. matt Matt Downer NP: Fisherman's Blues, the Waterboys hachiman@io.com NR: Beasts, John Crowley Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:18:36 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Ofra Haza On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 12:10:28PM -0500, Jess913@aol.com wrote: > i am quite interested in which Ofra Haza album would be good to start with, > especially in light of this comment: I think most would agree on "Yemenite Songs" aka "Fifty Gates of Wisdom". If I recall, it's on Shanachie. - -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:20:39 -0600 From: "Amy" Subject: RE: Ben Lee ToriCure (Mark) wrote: > It's a > lot different from what I've heard off of his first and second > albums, which > have a very lo-if indie guitar sound which I still dig very much. If you like this sound might I suggest Matt Wilson? He is the brother of Dan Wilson of Semisonic (which is neither here nor there) but he is great and has that raw sound. His site is here: http://www.mattwilson.com/ you can download clips I believe. ~Amy ecalos.com - Women in Music http://www.ecalos.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:26:12 -0500 (EST) From: jburka@min.net Subject: Re: Lydia McCauley -- Sabbath Day's Journey On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Marion Kippers wrote: > The final song of the album is > called "All shall be well", with lyrics inspired by 14th Century > mystic Julian of Norwich: "All shall be well / All shall be well / > And all manner of things shall be well" Can't help but wonder how this compares to Pete Townshend's "All Shall Be Well" from his _Iron Man_ "musical" (was this ever produced?) I've always been rather fond of it... Yes, the full line is quoted... jeff n.p. _Shimmering Warm and Bright_, Bel Canto ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:07:39 -0600 From: There is no spoon Subject: Ofra Haza clipping from Israel This is from the Jerusalem Post, and gives a few more details. http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2000/02/24/News/News.3112.html Singer Ofra Haza dies at 41 By Judy Siegel and Gil Hoffman TEL HASHOMER (February 24) - Singer Ofra Haza died in Sheba Hospital at 7:40 last night, the cause of the shocking deterioration in her health as mysterious as the official announcement when she was first admitted 13 days earlier. The Haza family left without speaking to the press, having adamantly refused to allow doctors to offer any details of the cause of her multiple organ failure. They did, however, agree to a short statement by hospital deputy director-general Ze'ev Rothstein. Rothstein barely got out the words "I am sorry to announce the death of Ofra Haza" when a crowd of more than 100 gathered in the hospital's emergency wing uttered a collective groan, followed by some bursting into tears and others displaying a frustrated scowl. Rothstein said Haza had walked into the hospital two weeks ago and that her condition quickly deteriorated and became serious, with multiple organ failure. Haza was sedated, admitted to the respiratory intensive care unit, attached to a dialysis machine because of kidney failure, and given various drugs intravenously. Her condition "teetered between despair and hope" since her admission, he said. Haza's heart stopped beating last night, Rothstein said, because of an abnormal increase in hydrogen in the body, which occurs when carbohydrates are burned by the body without enough oxygen. Rothstein did not mention the "pneumonia" and "complications of the flu" that the hospital had initially reported with reluctant permission from the family. The official explanations are unlikely to halt the wild rumors raised in the public due to the lack of information. When pressed by reporters for a medical explanation, Rothstein explained it was "Ofra's own request" and that of her family that her privacy be respected. Her condition declined seriously yesterday, with signs of liver failure, fungal infection in the blood, and disruption of the blood-clotting mechanism. Before the official announcement, word of Haza's death spread quickly through the crowd, but many continued hoping, believing her death might be just another rumor. "She's been through so much, I'm sure she'll make it though this too," Haza admirer Geula Eslin of Ramat Gan said minutes before the announcement. "She doesn't deserve this. Such a wonderful woman who sang and did hessed all over the world." After the announcement, security personnel tried to clear the area, but the atmosphere of a mass vigil continued until well after anyone who had ever met the singer left the area. Without family members to speak to, reporters crowded around close family friends Ma'ayan Sapir and Yossi Bochbit, both of whom had stayed in the hospital with Haza since she arrived. "I wrote her a letter in this notebook every day so she could read them when she got well." Sapir said. She showed reporters a book of Psalms engraved with Haza and Ashkenazy's names on the cover, which the couple gave out at their wedding. "If only the press would have prayed for her instead of spreading rumors, maybe things would have been different," Bochbit said. "Some people will forget her in two days, but only the people who knew the real Ofra know how it feels." Still, Bochbit singled out several strangers who came to the hospital from all over the country to pray and say Psalms. "We kept hope until the last second, but only God decides," said one of them, Miriam Peretz of Rishon Lezion. "The queen of Mizrahi music is dead, and now what do we have left?" asked Nahum Binyamin of Ohr Yehuda. Binyamin then turned around to leave the hospital, humming the words to Haza's fateful song, "Tell Me How We Can Stop the Tears." Danna Harman adds: Prime Minister Ehud Barak put out a statement yesterday offering condolences from him and his wife Nava to Ofra Haza's family. "We would like to express our deep-felt sorrow upon the occasion of her death... and send my condolences to her husband and all her family. I had the honor to know Ofra and was impressed by her shining personality and her great talent. Her voice made its way into the hearts of many in Israel and throughout the world. Her contribution to Israeli culture was great, and the honor she brought this country will never be forgotten. Ofra, the woman and the artist, will be greatly missed." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 20:25:57 +0000 From: Chris Morriss Subject: Re: Songs about the Wee Folk In message <3.0.5.32.20000223234910.007bb3e0@swcp.com>, neal writes >At 09:04 PM 2/23/00 +0000, Chris Morriss wrote: > >>A very interesting version of 'Tam Lin' is by the now defunct English >>band 'Pyewackett'. Very different from the well-known Fairport version, >>but well worth having a listen to. > >What does Pyewackett mean? I also have a disc by Soul Whirling Somewhere >that is called that, and I've always been curious. > >neal > > > It was the name of a cat, supposedly a familiar of one of the last witches to be burnt in Scotland, (or perhaps England). She had two other familiars, one by the name of Grizzell Greediguts, but I forget the other. - -- Chris Morriss ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 21:59:06 +0100 (CET) From: Yngve Hauge Subject: Re: ecto classical On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 Songbird22@aol.com wrote: > I would recommend Gorecki, Satie, the soundtrack to the movie "The Piano", > the soundtrack from the movie "Immortal Beloved" (a nice sampling of some of > Beethoven's greatest works), Glenn Gould, and Chopin. And when talking about soundtracks - Preisner's soundtrack to the movie "Two Lives of Verionica" comes to mind. - -- Yngve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 22:08:25 +0100 (CET) From: Yngve Hauge Subject: Re: thanks for ecto classical replies On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, JoAnn Whetsell wrote: > I mostly like to listen to orchestral works (with or without soloists) and I > would welcome any suggestions on good recordings of the above composers, as > well as Mahler (I only have the 1st symphony which I love), but particularly > Brahms. I am positively enthralled with Brahms right now. There is a new > recording of his Requiem out, and although I rarely listen to classical > vocals, I may just get this album. Get whatever Oslo Philharminic Orchestra has recorded - really very very amazing recordings (Shostakovitch, Tchaikowsky, Brahms ... ) - -- Yngve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:16:22 -0600 From: "Amy" Subject: Lezlee- New Artist Hi all, I just wanted to let you know of an artist I recently discovered. I haven't seen her name here before, but I thought some of you might like her cuz she reminds me of Ani. Her name is Lezlee Peterzell or just "Lezlee". She wrote to me after having seen my web page and directed me to her site: http://www.lezlee.com/ She intrigued me so I went to ampcast (http://www.ampcast.com/), did a search on "lezlee", and downloaded a bunch of her songs. She is very talented, I think. She plays guitar and writes and sings. I would describe her as folk-rock (like Ms. Ani) but her voice is different. Check her out, I think you'll like her. ~Amy ecalos.com - Women in Music http://www.ecalos.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 20:34:56 -0800 From: Ricardo Subject: Re: Ecto Classical? Allow me to suggest: Tabula Rasa - ARVO PART-Gideon Kremer, conductor Berliner Messe - ARVO PART Alpine Symphony - RICHARD STRAUSS - Try the Herbert Blomstedt recording with the San Francisco Symphony - if music was heaven, this is it! Three Constructions - JOHN CAGE Strauss's Four Last Songs - JESSYE NORMAN Music for 18 Musicians - STEVE REICH - "trance music" before there was such a thing. The Planets - GUSTAV HOLST - Sir Adrian Boult recording ANYTHING BY VERDI. And that's just the "beginner's" list! Ricardo / San Francisco On a Jazz search? Try ARBOUR ZENA by Keith Jarrett! ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V6 #54 *************************