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Opera Recitals Post 2 of 3 (Rysanek. L, Borkh. I, Verrett. S, Steber. E, Tucker. R)
[…] Macbeth) Verdi: La luce langue (from Macbeth) Verdi: Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) with Jon Vickers (tenor) Inge Borkh Scenes from Salome & Elektra (1956 & 1958) Strauss, R: Allein. Weh' ganz allein (from Elektra) Strauss, R: Was willst du, fremder Mensch? (from Elektra) Strauss, R: Elektra! Schwester! Komm mit uns! (from Elektra) Strauss, R: Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils Strauss, R: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen (from Salome) Shirley Verrett In Opera (1967) Gluck: Amour, viens rendre a mon ame (from Orphée et Eurydice, after Bertini) Donizetti: Sposa a Percy...Per questa fiamma indomita (from Anna Bolena) Donizetti: Per questa fiamma indomita (from Anna Bolena) Donizetti: Fia dunque vero…O mio Fernando (from La Favorita) Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17: Premiers transports que nul n'oublie Berlioz: D'amour l'ardente flamme (from La […]
2019-12-06 07:00:15
Bach’s Jubilant Christmas Cantata, “Unser Mund sei voll Lachens,” BWV 110
Let’s travel back in time to Christmas Day, 1725. Entering St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, we would experience the first performance of J.S. Bach’s cantata, Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (“May our mouth be full of laughter”). We would witness Bach, three years into his tenure as the Lutheran church’s music director, leading the newly written work. By the end of his life, Bach produced five annual cycles of these dramatic religious ...
2019-08-26 08:04:34
Prom 47: A splendid Bruckner Eighth from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under music director Andris Nelsons
[…] great edifice, his Eighth Symphony. Of course, Bruckner was himself an organist, and was at the Walcker organ of the Gewandhaus the day before the premiere of his Seventh Symphony; he also gave recitals on the Albert Hall organ. The connections seem to be endless.For Prom 47 on Friday 23 August 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall, Michael Schönheit played Bach's Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542, the chorale from Cantata No. 147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', BWV 147, Prelude in E flat major, BWV 552, Chorale Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645 and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552, before Andris Nelsons conducted the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8. Earlier in August (Prom 21), Olivier Latry had given a organ recital of huge power. Michael Schönheit’s approach was more restrained, but no less emotionally powerful for […]
2019-01-26 05:51:00
Classical Music News of the Week, January 26, 2019
[…] 2019 at 8:00pm with "Joyous Bach," a celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach, led by Artistic Director and Founder Thomas Crawford, at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, NYC. Stepping in front of the orchestra, ACO's renowned principal flutist Sandra Miller, Historic Performance Professor of Flute at The Juilliard School, will play Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2, BWV 1067 for flute and strings. The acclaimed ACO Chorus will join the orchestra for beloved cantatas "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 and "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit," BWV 106. Nola Richardson (soprano), Sara Couden (contralto), and Joseph Beutel (bass-baritone) will be among the step-out soloists. Thomas Crawford says of the program, "This program reveals Bach's unequalled capacity to reach the range of human emotions." Later the same week, on March 8 and 9, 2019, ACO will kick off its newest initiative, The Sfzp Project, with fortepiano masterclasses, recitals […]
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