Posts Tagged ‘Handel’
Julius Caesar re-invented
Here’s an interesting factoid: our Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, goes to the opera. As I was walking out of the auditorium at the Metropolitan Opera at the end of Handel’s Giulio Cesare yesterday afternoon, there she suddenly was! We had noticed some security personnel during the second interval – their spiral earpieces and … Read More »
‘Tis the Season
The season of Christmas cheer has definitely arrived! We started playing Christmas music on WBJC today, and productions of The Nutcracker and Handel’s Messiah are proliferating. Melinda O’Neal came in to talk about the Handel Choir’s performances of their namesake’s great work. Related posts: Halleluja! “Your voice is not an instrument, it is a… Truth … Read More »
Thursday 05/31/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Richard Hickox Mezzo-soprano: Alice Coote Tenor: Stanford Olsen Soprano: Chen Reiss Bass: Eric Owens Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh HANDEL: Messiah Related posts: Thursday 05/03/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Monday 12/26/11 New York Philharmonic This Week Wednesday 03/21/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
Semele’s Obscurity: A Handel Scandal!
One would think Handel’s Semele should have been an immediate hit & taken its place in the standard repertoire. Besides Handel’s music, the piece features a libretto by William Congreve, the plot of which is replete with elements of grand opera & mythology. Who doesn’t like to hear great tunes, plus tales of gods & … Read More »
Erasures
I don’t remember ever hearing Lukas Foss on WBJC, and I know I have certainly never programmed him. I knew of him only peripherally as an avant-garde American composer but closer inspection has him rubbing shoulders with many notable names and institutions. He studied at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia with Fritz Reiner, amongst others. … Read More »
Is this the oldies station?
Over the weekend, I walked past a woman about my age who was chatting on her cell phone & overheard a comment that absolutely stunned me. “But why would they pick such old music? Those songs were written before they were even born!” Admittedly, I don’t know of whom she was speaking or the occasion for which … Read More »
Monday 12/26/11 New York Philharmonic This Week
CONDUCTOR: Peter Schreier SOLOISTS: Ute Selbig, soprano; Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto; Steve Davislim. Tenor; Peter Rose, bass; Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller, director Handel: Messiah Related posts: Thursday 05/31/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Halleluja! ‘Tis the Season
Halleluja!
The last thing Music Director Edward Polochick did after his performance of Messiah was hold up Handel’s great score. What a composer! What a score! What a performance by Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra lead by Ed Polochick! Concert Artists of Baltimore have performed Messiah every year now for … Read More »
12/03/11 Rodelinda – George Frideric Handel 1:00 PM
sung in Italian Librettist: Nicola Haym Conductor: Harry Bicket Approximate running time 3 hrs. 50 min. Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth’s much-heralded production, Renée Fleming reprises the title role. She’s joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts. Cast Rodelinda: Renée Fleming Eduige: Stephanie Blythe … Read More »
