Archive for the ‘Vocalise’ Category
Vocalise 3-30-13
8:00 PM 8:00 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — St. Matthew Passion: Kommt, ihr Tochter Conductor: Ton Koopman Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Netherlands Bach Boys’ Choir Breda Sacraments Choir Erato, 45814 8:07 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Elijah Opus: 70 Conductor: Paul Daniel Ensemble: Orch of Age of Enlightenment Bryn Terfel, baritone Renee Fleming, soprano and Chorus … Read More »
Vocalise 4-6-13
8:00 8:00 PM John David — You are the new day The King’s Singers Angel/EMI, 49564 8:02 PM Karl Jenkins — In These Stones Horizons Sing Conductor: Karl Jenkins Ensemble: West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Bryn Terfel, baritone Serendipity Chorus Cardiff Choir Angel/EMI, 57966 8:18 PM Michael Torke — Book of Proverbs Conductor: Edo de Waart Ensemble: … Read More »
Almost All American
Tonight’s Vocalise is as American as an apple pie on Thanksgiving, almost! American composers Barber, Joplin and Copland will make appearances on the program. However, I’ll also have “Goin’ Home” based on the slow movement of Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” written in the U.S.A. and the bawdy “Watkins Ale” with The … Read More »
Whereto?
Jonathan Palevsky asked if he could host tonight’s Vocalise, and out of the goodness of my heart, I said yes! Actually it’s nice to have a little break and to hear what Jonathan has in store. In the past Jonathan has had a theme when he hosted Vocalise. Once he put together an all English … Read More »
Mahler’s World?
“A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.” Is that what Mahler achieved in “Das Lied von der Erde” (“The Song of the Earth”), and is it possible that a 20th century western composer could find himself in 8th century eastern poetry? The latter question may be easier to answer. It seems … Read More »
Seeing Green!
Actually, we will be hearing Green on this St. Patrick’s Day Vocalise at 8:00 PM. The prolific film and television composer and conductor Philip Green moved to Ireland towards the end of his career. Falling for the people, country and music in a big way, Green wanted to pay personal tribute to Ireland with a … Read More »
”I DON’T want to be an artist, I want to be a prima donna!”
That’s not the only crack up line in “The Music Master,” an opera in one act attributed to Giovanni Battista Pergolesi! Jonathan Palevsky was good enough to introduce this hilarious little comedic gem to me and dub it from LP to CD for last Saturday’s Vocalise. The tiny bit of scratchiness made me grateful for … Read More »
The Passion of Joan of Arc
When Renée, sometime known as “Maria”, Falconetti’s long hair was cut off, she wept. That was the beginning of her journey in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 film The Passion of Joan of Arc. Composer, Richard Einhorn was so captivated by the film he wrote music to accompany it called, Voices of Light. I hope you … Read More »
What Does Vocalise Look Like?
The Oxford Companion to Music defines a vocalise as, “A melody sung without text but to one or more vowel sounds.” A vocalise can be used as a mere exercise for the voice or as a song without words in the case of Rachmaninoff’s famous Vocalise. Rameau, Lully, Vaughn Williams, Debussy, Villa Lobos, Ravel, Faure … Read More »
