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2021-07-16 11:23:32
Landscapes, Song Cycles and Folk Songs: the songs of Alun Hoddinott
[…] to check the printed texts. Andrew Matthews-Owen is a sympathetic partner here, conjuring a range of colours and hinting at perhaps the orchestral nature of some of Hoddinott's piano writing. Though he wrote a number of works for soprano (including two for soprano and orchestra) there is only one set of songs, One Must Always Have Love written in 1994 setting a variety of poets. The cycle had been commissioned by the American poet Alice Witherspoon Bliss in memory of her mother, and the cycle includes on by Bliss alongside Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson and WB Yeats. Again this is intense music, concentrated, with a freedom and a clear sighted view of the poetry rather than casting a romantic glow. Hoddinott's final vocal work, Towy Landscapes Op. 190 for soprano, baritone and piano duet was commissioned by pianist Andrew Mathews-Owen for the performers on this disc and they premiered it […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2019-12-12 17:02:36
How Reese Witherspoon Remade Herself Into A Genuine Multimedia Mogul
“Tired of dreadful scripts and degrading magazine spreads, the Oscar-winning actress, producer, entrepreneur and activist built an empire on her own taste and work ethic. Now she plots projects all over Hollywood and responds to critics of her paychecks: ‘Does it bother people when Kobe Bryant or LeBron James make their contract?'” – The Hollywood […]
2019-11-03 00:50:00
Sphinx Organization Monthly News - November 2019
[…] of the programs. Dates: February 4 – 8, 2020 in Detroit, MI Apply now J'Nai Bridges to Make Metropolitan Opera Debut 2018 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient J'Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano, will make her Metropolitan Opera debut this season as Nefertiti in Akhnaten. (Photo: Kevin Kennedy) Sphinx Soloist Program Performances November 12 - 16 Nygel Witherspoon and Rubén Rengel, New Jersey Symphony 11/12 9:45am Prudential Hall, NJPAC 11/15 10:00am & amp; 11:30am Vernon Township High School 11/16 2:00pm & amp; 3:30pm Victoria Theater, NJPAC November 21 and 22 Nygel Witherspoon, New World Symphony NAAS Corner Record Number of NAAS Orchestra Partners The National Alliance for Audition Support is excited to have 70 orchestra partners this year! For a […]
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