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The Faure, as with any good Requiem, was written with the occasion of death in mind. Any death, from someone's point of view, is tragedy. The imagery that went with this particular tragedy could have been written into the Faure. It fit. Sometimes it was hard to sing. And then copperbadge posted the sonnet that could have been written for it.
Last night was, sometimes in contrast and sometimes not, a very good concert night. The Symphony's opening gala was themed on Russian fairytales, and the pieces before intermission weren't bad: Stravinsky's the Fairy's Kiss, and Prokofiev's Cinderella suite. However, we did not stay for the Nutcracker after intermission; we got to Duncan exactly at the intermission of the doctoral-student-baritone's recital, and did not miss a single Rachmaninov art song. They are so much better in the male voice, and his trasncription for chamber orchestra was impressive. I hate the soprano on my recording, but it's the only one I've got. And I'm addicted to those songs. He also sang some stuff from Songs to the Fells, by this Finnish composer I'd never heard of named Yrjo: Kilpinen. They were extremely cool. I'm looking him up.
Afterwards, and without Reggie (piano, phu). we went back to Stephan's room and he played me the prologue of Boris Godunov (must see this opera) and I showed him PotC. One more convert.
Last night was, sometimes in contrast and sometimes not, a very good concert night. The Symphony's opening gala was themed on Russian fairytales, and the pieces before intermission weren't bad: Stravinsky's the Fairy's Kiss, and Prokofiev's Cinderella suite. However, we did not stay for the Nutcracker after intermission; we got to Duncan exactly at the intermission of the doctoral-student-baritone's recital, and did not miss a single Rachmaninov art song. They are so much better in the male voice, and his trasncription for chamber orchestra was impressive. I hate the soprano on my recording, but it's the only one I've got. And I'm addicted to those songs. He also sang some stuff from Songs to the Fells, by this Finnish composer I'd never heard of named Yrjo: Kilpinen. They were extremely cool. I'm looking him up.
Afterwards, and without Reggie (piano, phu). we went back to Stephan's room and he played me the prologue of Boris Godunov (must see this opera) and I showed him PotC. One more convert.
