Dillon Francis Drops Spanish-Language 'Say Less' Remix 'No Diga Mas': Listen

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee have had so much success with their English-language remix of “Despacito” -- shout out to Justin Bieber -- that Dillon Francisfigured it might work in reverse for his tune “Say Less.”

That actually might have nothing to do with it, but it doesn't change the fact that Francis just released a Spanish-language version of the song called “No Diga Mas.” It features vocals from Mexican rapper Serko Fu and it's pretty damn spicy. It also follows a bogus threat by Francis to stop using social media for the rest of the year, which is pretty funny, given the theme at hand.
The lyrics here are not a straight translation from the English version, but the spirit of the song is essentially the same. It doesn't matter who you are. When it's 2 in the morning, you're either going home with someone or you're going home alone.

Classical music app to send programme notes to your phone as orchestra plays

Classical music-lovers are not famous for their tolerance of distractions during a concert.
Anyone who has been tutted at for turning the pages of their programme too loudly may be permitted a wry smile at news of the latest innovation: an app which texts notes straight to ticket-holders’phones.

The app, Octava, is intended to “assist the participant through a musical journey”, with Chris Evans, director of press and marketing at RPO, saying its tone is “specifically aimed towards new and potentially younger audiences”.

The app has already raised eyebrows in the classical community, after BBC Music magazine featured it in a review.
“I was surprised to see you endorse Octava, an app which sends texts to your phone during a performance with information about the music,” one concerned reader wrote in this month’s edition. “

Summer Classical Music Preview

Operatic productions, given their ambitions and expense, are always planned at least a year in advance. But, in making their selections for this summer, the region’s major players uncannily reflected our moment of deep political unease. One of the two productions that Francesca Zambello, who runs Glimmerglass Opera, in Cooperstown, is directing herself is the Donizetti rarity "The Siege of Calais" (July 16-Aug. 19), which takes place during the Hundred Years’ War. Zambello has moved the setting to the present day, the better to reflect on the refugee crisis in which all of Europe is currently embroiled. (Zambello will also direct "Porgy and Bess," an opera whose political dimensions are a permanent part of the American experience.) Those who prefer their bel canto straight up can always head to Caramoor, where Angela Meade, one of the Westchester festival’s artists-in-residence, will be featured in a semi-staged presentation of Bellini’s "Il Pirata"
Dvořák’s "Dimitrij," which will be mounted at Bard Summerscape (July 28-Aug. 6), also has a political thrust. The Bard Music Festival’s focus this year will be on Chopin (Aug. 11-20), a composer whose fierce love of his native Poland was wrapped in layers of personal and aesthetic contradiction. But without a Chopin opera to stage, Dvořák’s potent work, which plunges gamely into the ancient intra-Slavic conflict between Catholic Poland and Orthodox Russia which flared up after the death of the tsar Boris Godunov, makes a fine substitute.

Back in New York, Mostly Mozart has shown wisdom in bringing back the thrillingly radical production of "Don Giovanni" (Aug. 17 and Aug. 19) by the conductor Iván Fischer, one of several prominent Hungarian artists who have spoken out against that country’s increasing tolerance of anti-Semitism and homophobia. The festival’s other theatrical presentation is "The Dark Mirror," a staging of Schubert’s "Winterreise," featuring the captivating tenor Ian Bostridge (Aug. 12-13), which continues New York’s near-obsession with this most personal of composers. (Tanglewood also presents a series of Schubert concerts this summer.) Seeming to float above it all is Morton Subotnick, the electronic-music pioneer whom the Lincoln Center Festival is hosting at the Kaplan Penthouse (July 20-22). "Silver Apples of the Moon," created, in 1967, specifically for a recording on Nonesuch Records, will provide a fix of analog-era high-tech bliss. But its new companion work, "Crowds and Power," is based on Elias Canetti’s disturbing book from 1960, a volume that, sadly, remains just as relevant as ever.

Listen to Our Music Podcasts

The new Soundtrack podcasts on music made by Roskilde Libraries is an extra effort
to make music and artists relevant to a wide audience

"We are not the first to make podcasts in the world, but it is rarely seen in the libraries' music area. We think that people in a broad sense can get a good opening to an artist or genre, they may not know as well.
Put simply, a podcast about Jan Johansson enable you to converse at a dinner table with jazz enthusiasts. It has a length, for example, are well suited to the morning queue on the approach roads into the work on the smart phone or tablet, "says librarian Ulla Hoberg Lyhne.

The current podcasts are being released under the name of Language and are made based on the themes of the popular listening clubs like Roskilde Libraries regularly hold.
The first podcasts from Roskilde Libraries expresses span: Jan Johansson, PJ Harvey, Prince, Trip Hop and The Marriage of Figaro = one jazzman, two popular rock artists, a profiled genre and an opera.

They are made in single-brand compact 2-minute versions or full approximately 15-minute ditto.

"As a library we are dedicated to disclose information, knowledge and cultural activity. With the new podcasts we work with curated content and user future media technology opportunities to get acquainted with the citizens", says Ulla Hoberg Lyhne.

These listening clubs is a very direct form of exchange of pleasure and knowledge of the music and the artists in a curated jointly at the library. Soundtrack-podcasts bring the substance from there on out in the digital community.

The library in Roskilde is in progress with several other music inspired initiatives under the title Music X, which makes much of the community and involve users in workshops and other activities.

The podcast project in Roskilde is supported by the Palaces and Culture Authority's development pool for public libraries and educational learning centers. And there are more to come where they come from.

Musical Couple

So ..... now there is finally new here on the blog. I am terribly sorry that it has not happened before and I'll do what I can for that not to happen again!

There has recently been much at home on the private front and it took all my time. But .... now it seems as if the musical ideas again have come to me and then it's just about to get started :-)

Today I made a small task for the smaller children: Artistic couple.

Pictured is a massive photos of things that have to do with music. These must be paired with each other in pairs, so they fit together. So sit down with the kids, turn off your phone and TV, and let them put highlights from the right pair. A good idea is to let the lines be different colors, so you can navigate them. If I have the energy, try to talk with the children and the various elements - on how to play the piano / violin, directs etc.

Echoes are currently arranging an interactive classical music place for children in Gentofte, here it will be possible for the children to play with Mozart dolls, guess instruments, listen to underwater music and more.

Have a very nice sunny day and enjoy with even a musical game of echoes.