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15-Feb-2019
Blues, Hues and Views - a New CD by William Schimmel and Elliott Sharpby Rita Davidson Barnea |
 Dr. William Schimmel, Accordion - Elliott Sharp, Del Arte Ancuman Guitar and Mandocello, have recorded a new CD centered around the Blues. It contains Roots as well as Contemporary departures - always returning to the main scourcginalle of The Blues.The Official release date is March 19, 2019 but pre-orders can be made on Amazon.com. The Album will also be available for digital downloads. The titles of each cut are: 1 "Breaking News" 2 "Clickbait" 3 "Blues in the Box" 4 "Armenia Intake" (after Scrapper Blackwell) 5 "Not a bug, It's an Amphibian" 6 "MetrOcala Modulators" 7 "Always a Ray of Sun in The Blues, Never in The Tango" On New Years Eve, Dr Schimmel performed with The New York Philharmonic in a concert that featured the renowned soprano, Rene Fleming. Dr. Schimmel also accompanied Ms. Fleming in the Broadway run of Carousel in which the cast album received a Grammy Nomination. In January, Dr. Schimmel performed at the Prototype Festival in New York in a new opera by Philip Venable entitled" 4.48 Psychosis" based on the play by Sarah Kane depicting her last moments.The performances took place at Baruch College. Originally from London, this was the American Premiere. It received rave reviews in every major New York Paper and Concerto. Net singled out Dr. Schimmel, calling him "The Venerable Bill Schimmel" Also in January, Schimmel did a tour of Germany performing in Elliott Sharp's Opera, "Port Bou" - along with Jenny Lin, piano and Nicholas Isherwood, Bass Baritone. The performances took place in Bonn and surrounding cities. On February 3,2019 Schimmel will perform with The Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Zubin Mehta. He, with the orchestra will accompany Itzhak Perlman in the tango "Por Una Cabeza", the very tango that William Schimmel initiated with The Tango Project in the film, "Scent of a Woman", starring Al Pacino (who received an Oscar). For further information: accordion bill@gmail.com |