John McHugh Podcasts
British opera singer
Commemorations 2024 (Death: John McHugh)
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2024-05-15
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Jess Gillam and soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha share their favourite tracks.South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha was the winner of the Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2021 and is a current BBC New Generation Artist. She’s brought a track from iconic South African artist Miriam Makeba and Maria Callas singing a prayer from Verdi’s Otello, and Jess has picked a dance of death from Saint-Saens and jazz from Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker.PLAYLIST: MAHALIA JACKSON– If I Can Help Somebody CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS – Danse macabre, Op 40 [Luben Yordandoff (violin), Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim (cond)] GIUSEPPE VERDI – Ave Maria (Otello: Act 4) [Maria Callas (sop), Orchestre de la Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno (cond)] HENRY PURCELL – Music for a While (Oedipus, Z 583) [Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass)] MIRIAM MAKEBA – The Click Song JIMMY McHugh/DOROTHY FIELDS– Don’t Blame Me (Live) [Charlie Parker Quintet] DOMENICO CIMAROSA – Sonata No 42 in D minor, arr Ólafsson [Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)] VINCENZO BELLINI – Mira, O Norma (Norma) [Joan Sutherland (sop), Montserrat Caballé (sop), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge]Produced by Rachel Gill
Jay begins with a gigue, a jig, by Leclair. We also have Haydn, Brahms, and Penderecki. (The Brahms is played by Leon Fleisher, the great American pianist who has died in recent days.) There are also two items from the American Songbook -- one of them sung by Jack Teagarden, the other by Frank Sinatra. This episode ends with a spiritual, a powerhouse. Leclair, Jean-Marie the Elder, Gigue from the Violin Concerto in B flat, Op. 10, No. 1 Haydn, Presto from Piano Sonata in G, H. XVI:40 McHugh/Adamson, "Where Are You?" Penderecki, Chaconne from "Polish Requiem" Brahms, Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Whiting/Mercer, "Too Marvelous for Words" Trad., "Soon I Will Be Done with the Trouble of the World" (sung in recital by Latonia Moore) Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/music-for-a-while/gettin-jiggy/. Now become a Ricochet member for only $5.00 a month! Join and see what you’ve been missing: https://ricochet.com/membership/. Subscribe to Music For a While in Apple Podcasts (and leave a 5-star review, please!), or by RSS feed. For all our podcasts in one place, subscribe to the Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed in Apple Podcasts or by RSS feed.
Jay revisits some old favorites and hails at least one new favorite. Tracks played: Tchaikovsky, Waltz from "The Sleeping Beauty" Mozart, Sonata for Violin and Piano in B flat, K. 454 Steve Reich, "It's Gonna Rain" McHugh/Koehler, "Spreadin' Rhythm Around" Arvo Pärt, Symphony No. 4 Arensky, Piano Trio in D minor Scriabin, Prelude in C major, Op. 13, No. 1 Robby Dupree, "Steal Away" Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/music-for-a-while/hello-old-friends-and-new/. Now become a Ricochet member for only $5.00 a month! Join and see what you’ve been missing: https://ricochet.com/membership/. Subscribe to Music For a While in Apple Podcasts (and leave a 5-star review, please!), or by RSS feed. For all our podcasts in one place, subscribe to the Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed in Apple Podcasts or by RSS feed.
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Musicologist and historical keyboardist Dr. Rebecca Cypess, an Associate Professor of Music at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Jersey, received the 2018 Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society for her recording with fortepianist Yi-heng Yang, Sisters, Face-to-Face: The Bach Legacy in Women’s Hands. Dan McHugh speaks with Dr. Cypess about her recording. Photo: Michele Alperin
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