This gorgeous rendition of the iconic balcony scene from Leonard Bernstein‘s West Side Story is accompanied by full symphony orchestra. Modulation at 3:33, plus many other key changes and key-of-the-moment passages. A review from its 1957 Broadway debut: “It takes up the American musical idiom where it was left when George Gershwin died. It is fascinatingly tricky and melodically beguiling, and it marks the progression of an admirable composer.”
Tag: 1950s
Lara Fabian | Adagio
Another new artist for MotD today — Lara Fabian. Two key changes in this 1999 tune — from G minor to Ab minor at 2:18, and then to C minor at 3:10, with a high quality music video to entertain you along the way. Enjoy!
The tune is based on a composition originally thought to be by Venetian composer Tomaso Albinoni, Adagio in G minor for violin, strings, and organ continuo. The neo-Baroque composition was actually written in the 1950s by 20th century musicologist and Albinoni biographer Remo Giazotto, purportedly based on the discovery of a manuscript fragment by Albinoni.
Patti Page | Old Cape Cod
Here’s Patti Page‘s 1957 tune “Old Cape Cod.” It became a gold record, selling over a million copies; peaking at #7 on Billboard’s Top 100 chart, it became the unofficial Cape Cod regional anthem. Modulation at 2:04.
Chet Baker | The Song is You
“The Song is You” is a jazz standard covered by everyone from Charlie Parker to Stan Getz to Frank Sinatra — and this 1959 version by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker. The tune modulates in its middle section and then back to its original key (the first middle section runs from 0:49 to 1:11).
Audra McDonald | When Did I Fall in Love (from “Fiorello”)
Audra McDonald singing “When Did I Fall In Love” from the Bock and Harnick musical Fiorello (1959). Key change before the final chorus at 2:43. Enjoy!
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