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CHRISTMAS TREE!! ~ MEL BLANC (Song Only--No Spoken Intro)
L. Rapchak's tribute to the great voice artist Mel Blanc's wacky 1953 Christmas tune, based on the popular German "Schnitzelbank" song. Same as the version currently on You-Tube but WITHOUT the 2-minute "Back story" seen on the long version. Filmed on Feb. 8, 2009 in Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, room 103, Hammond, Indiana.
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CHRISTMAS CAROL of the BAGPIPERS (Canzona di Zampognari) -
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The beautiful Italian carol in a 1997 arrangement for chorus, organ and small orchestra by Lawrence Rapchak, who conducts. First Baptist Congregational Church in Chicago. Check out the Orchestral INTERLUDES (at 1:37 and 2:53) and the ORGAN SOLO (3:10), with a view of the expansive ceiling of the church. The organ, one of Chicago's oldest and largest, was significantly FLAT (out-of-tune); the or...
LA BOHEME ~ Puccini's Chamber Opera - ACT III Intro & Duet
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All of Puccini's local color is here: peasant women, milkmaids, sweepers, customs guys, singing in the Inn, clinking glasses, church bells, etc (but only a 10-member chamber orchestra). MIMI (Kathleen McCoy) and MARCELLO (Paul Grizzell) Duet. Carl Ratner directs. Lawrence Rapchak conducts from the keyboard. Set design by Carl Forsberg.
LA BOHEME ~ Puccini's Chamber Opera - MUSETTA'S WALTZ
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Well...here's Act II, chamber-style. COULD THIS BE THE ALL-TIME MOST DELIGHTFUL MUSETTA?? Chicago, 1992. Directed by Carl Ratner, Lawrence Rapchak conducts from the keyboard, Set Design: Carl Forsberg
LA BOHEME ~ Puccini's Chamber Opera - ACT 1 Hijinx
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An intimate chamber production with four guys who each brought a distinct character, physical presence, and vocal color to their roles. A truly inspired quartet of Bohemians. Rodolfo - Doug Wunsch Marcello - Paul Grizzell Schaunard - Eric van Hoeven Colline - Gary Jankowski Benoit - Thomas Haddow Carl Ratner directs, Lawrence Rapchak conducts from the keyboard.
LA BOHEME ~ Puccini's Chamber Opera - Act 4 - END
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Puccini's masterpiece at its most intimate. COULD THIS BE THE MOST EXQUISITE MIMI OF ALL TIME??? Chicago, 1992. Carl Ratner directs, Lawerence Rapchak conducts from the keyboard.
LA BOHEME ~ Puccini's Chamber Opera - Act 4 Final Scenes
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Puccini's masterpiece at its most intimate. COULD THIS BE THE MOST EXQUISITE MIMI OF ALL TIME??? Chicago, 1992. Carl Ratner directs, Lawerence Rapchak conducts from the keyboard.
"BLOOD TRAIL" (Home-made Western "epic") Out-Takes (1983)
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Plenty of horse-ridin', tobacco-spittin', dummy tossin', foul-mouthed Western fun! Complete with Earl Scheib commercial parody. WARNING: Rated R for salty language. PS the "tobacco" was actually brown sugar.
The GONDOLIERS ~ "There Was A Time"
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A sublimely beautiful duet from G & S' greatest score (and you thought they only wrote that cutesy stuff). Two young lovers, who realize they will never marry, lament the passing of time and the death of their love. Lawrence Rapchak conducts
The GONDOLIERS ~ Act 1 Finale- Quartet and Final Chorus
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The exiquisite and heartbreaking quartet and chantey/chorus that ends Act 1, as the Gondoliers sail off "to a balmy isle". A production that treated the material with the respect it deserves. Lawrence Rapchak conducts.
The GONDOLIERS ~ Act 1 Finale
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G & S' most gorgeous operetta. "A Regular Royal Queen", the bizarre waltz-duet "As One Individual" and the jolly chorus "For Everyone Who Feels Inclined". A production of rare warmth that refused to camp it up. Lawrence Rapchak conducts.
WEINBERGER- SCHWANDA FUGUE ~ Ending!
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The Mini-Mystery-Maestro cam captures a performance of Jaromir Weinberger's grandiose Fugue/Chorale from his 1927 folk opera "Schwanda" conducted by Lawrence Rapchak. This is the composer's alternate concert version in G Major.
3 HOME-MADE VIOLENT SCENES
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Hard-boiled Detective (yeah, right..), crazed Freedom-Fighter, grizzled Western side-kick these three video excerpts from yesteryear ('83-84) show the downside of having too much free time on one's hands. Check out the huge, ancient railroad-yard device that was used to empty gondola cars by turning them upside-down; it's in the background at 0:18. The thug I fight in that scene is Dave Innes; ...
HAL LINDEN and Lawrence Rapchak interviewed
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The great actor-singer-jazz clarinettist HAL LINDEN and conductor Rapchak in a joint TV interview promoting their concert in April, 1998. Topics include bandleader Raymond Scott, the 1977 musical "The Rothchilds" (w/Hal's magnificent singing) and the cast of Barney Miller. Hosted by Tim Higgins.
Bartok Bluebeard's Castle ~ Prologue
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Conductor Lawrence Rapchak serves as narrator/actor for the opening Prologue of Bartok's 1911 masterpiece.
The NORTHBROOK SYMPHONY ~ Presented by Lawrence Rapchak
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The NORTHBROOK SYMPHONY ~ Presented by Lawrence Rapchak
ANTHEIL FOURTH SYMPHONY (Live!) ~ Finale. L. Rapchak, conductor
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ANTHEIL FOURTH SYMPHONY (Live!) ~ Finale. L. Rapchak, conductor
BRITTEN ~ NOYE'S FLUDDE ~ FINAL CHORALE
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BRITTEN ~ NOYE'S FLUDDE ~ FINAL CHORALE
HELY-HUTCHINSON ~ CAROL SYMPHONY ~ FINALE!
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HELY-HUTCHINSON ~ CAROL SYMPHONY ~ FINALE!
RAYMOND SCOTT TRIBUTE~Larry Rapchak (w/ POWERHOUSE!)
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RAYMOND SCOTT TRIBUTE~Larry Rapchak (w/ POWERHOUSE!)
THE GOLDEN APPLE ~ ACT 1 FINALE (Moross/LaTouche)
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THE GOLDEN APPLE ~ ACT 1 FINALE (Moross/LaTouche)
THE GOLDEN APPLE ~ THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS (Moross/LaTouche)
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THE GOLDEN APPLE ~ THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS (Moross/LaTouche)
THE GOLDEN APPLE ~ THE ARRIVAL OF PARIS (Moross & LaTouche)
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THE GOLDEN APPLE ~ THE ARRIVAL OF PARIS (Moross & LaTouche)
THE GOLDEN APPLE ~ HELEN and the BOYS (Moross & LaTouche)
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THE GOLDEN APPLE ~ HELEN and the BOYS (Moross & LaTouche)
THE GOLDEN APPLE ~ MOROSS & LaTOUCHE - Welcoming Ceremony
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THE GOLDEN APPLE ~ MOROSS & LaTOUCHE - Welcoming Ceremony
DON GIOVANNI in the TYL THEATER! ~ Prague ~ Finale, Part 2
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DON GIOVANNI in the TYL THEATER! ~ Prague ~ Finale, Part 2
DON GIOVANNI in the TYL THEATER! ~ Prague ~ Finale, Part 1
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DON GIOVANNI in the TYL THEATER! ~ Prague ~ Finale, Part 1
Recording session in Prague ~ Lawrence Rapchak's "ORLOJ"
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Recording session in Prague ~ Lawrence Rapchak's "ORLOJ"
RESPIGHI ~ TRITTICO BOTTICELLIANO - 1ST Mvt. - Lawrence Rapchak, conductor
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RESPIGHI ~ TRITTICO BOTTICELLIANO - 1ST Mvt. - Lawrence Rapchak, conductor
RESPIGHI ~ TRITTICO BOTTICELLIANO - 3rd Mvt
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RESPIGHI ~ TRITTICO BOTTICELLIANO - 3rd Mvt

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