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2021-11-29 00:30:56
“Ständchen” (“Serenade”) is an art song composed by Richard Strauss in 1886, setting a poem of the same title by the German poet Adolf Friedrich von Schack. It is the second song in his collection Six songs for high voice and piano, Op. 17, which were all settings of Schack poems. The song is written for voice and piano. This song was likely composed for Strauss’ wife, Pauline, who was a well-known singer at that time. The song “Ständchen”by Richard Strauss is a romantic song in every sense. And this song…. my goodness, this song makes me dizzy in the
2021-04-04 01:00:00
Arkansas State University: Zachary Lynn, bassoon – Jonesboro, performing “Bayou Home from Songs for Bassoon and Piano” by William Grant Still 7:30 PM CT YouTube
William Grant Still (1895-1978) Arkansas State University News Article 04/02/21 JONESBORO — The Department of Music at Arkansas State University will conduct its annual Student Honors Recital during the Convocation of Scholars Monday, April 5. This year’s Honors Recital will be a virtual event, available at 7:30 p.m. on the Music Department’s YouTube channel: Participants in this year’s recital are: *** Zachary Lynn, bassoon – Jonesboro, performing “Bayou Home from Songs for Bassoon and Piano” by William Grant Still. *** Collaborative pianists for these performances are Hunter Mabery, Lauren Schack Clark, and Dennis Hay. The students auditioned and were chosen for this concert by a selected panel of judges representing the Department of Music. The annual Convocation of Scholars awards and privately funded scholarships also be announced.
2020-03-12 07:26:46
Mozart & more: in 'Arias for Josepha', Sarah Traubel explores the arias written for Mozart's Queen of the Night, Josepha Hofer
Arias for Josepha - Mozart, Jacob Haidel, Vincenzo Righini, Franz Xaver Süßmayr, Peter von Winter, and Benedikt Schack / Franz Xaver Gerl; Sarah Traubel, PKF - Prague Philharmonia, Jochen Rieder; SONY CLASSICAL Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 11 March 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) An enterprising debut recital which explores the music written for Mozart's first Queen of the Night, much of it sung as part of Schikaneder's companyJosepha Hofer née Weber (1758-1819) must have been quite a singer, Mozart wrote the role of the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote for her, and she seems to have specialised in the high lying roles but her performances also included the Countess on Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and Konstanze in Die Entfuhring aus dem Serail. On this new disc from Sony Classical, Arias for Josepha: Mozart's first Queen of the Night, soprano Sarah Traubel is accompanied by […]
2016-08-22 05:13:00
I won´t mince words: the most important tenor chamber recital in more than four decades. Jonas Kaufmann, a week after the ill-planned ending of the Barenboim Festival, came back for a song session (mainly Lieder) with his longtime accompanist, Helmut Deutsch. And this time he sang a perfect programme with groups of songs by Schubert, Schumann, Duparc, Liszt and Richard Strauss. This was at the Colón on last Sunday´s afternoon and for the Abono Verde. He had the support from the beginning of an anxious, knowledgeable and packed audience, who grew more and more enthusiastic. What happened after the last note of Strauss was an euphoric delirium as an incredible string of seven encores, proof not only of generosity but also […]
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