more on Vivaldi (and Venice)
February 13, 2019 1 Comment
wonderful documentary, to start the mid-week, in case we would like to learn more about our (latest) favorite composer while reminiscing Venice. Perhaps we did cross one of Vivaldi’s houses?
February 13, 2019 1 Comment
wonderful documentary, to start the mid-week, in case we would like to learn more about our (latest) favorite composer while reminiscing Venice. Perhaps we did cross one of Vivaldi’s houses?
September 8, 2018 1 Comment
this has been at the corner of my eyes for “years”, but somehow i have completely overlooked… her sculpting of the orchestra, *wow* , her superlative phrasing, double *wow*! this alone has my head FILLED with images of Alcina slowly collapsing onto the floor (Wien-induced)..
I wish she would consider singing this role! like transposing the whole music down, why not! and may be we can have a… humm, do we want to swap out our mezzos? no! OK, we stay with a mezzo-Ruggiero, a Contralto Alcina, a soprano Morgana, and another contralto Brandamante, ❤
(there's still that role Polinesso that we also would like to see her in..)
July 21, 2018 15 Comments
freshly published just 1 week ago, quite a cool read, cheese and contralto :-).
Excerpt
Music has been the inspiration behind most of the cheeses Scanlan makes at Andante. She typically comes up with the name first, and listens to or plays music that helps her work out how she will design the cheese. She thought about Contralto for about six years before she finally made it. The idea came to her at a concert in London, when she was deeply moved by the voice of contralto Sara Mingardo. “There was something gentle, with a hint of sorrow, a hint of loneliness, but still a female voice, and this unexpected texture of it.” Scanlan bought several of Mingardo’s CDs and frequently listened to her recording of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in particular. She ultimately created Contralto as a goat’s milk cheese, with a smooth, thick texture and rich but not overpowering taste, reflective of the voice that remained with her after the performance.
(I have been re-listening to Stabat Mater indeed, the past 2 days.. quite hyptonizing.., and addition to Bach.)
May 16, 2018 26 Comments
(please also note the conductor and the band!! (Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre!) )
May 9, 2018 50 Comments
today, 9/May/2018, live from China, Nathalie Stutzmann conducting her orchestra Orfeo55 and , if i’m correct (need verification), also performing music from her “heroes from shadow” “Quella Fiamma” cd . You can follow this link here, i believe.
Time: 1:30pm central europe time, 7:30pm local time, 7:30am East Coast time (grrrrrrrrrrrr, who can be awake?, arrrrgh).
May 9, 2018 2 Comments
(jeah jeah, i know, am a creature of habit.. love the swing very much. per usual, please excuse the religious content.)
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