tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post112229336923467774..comments2024-03-15T20:32:39.815+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Jerry Springer rebel grabs Gramophone accoladeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1137683976220497722006-01-19T15:19:00.000+00:002006-01-19T15:19:00.000+00:00Interesting visitor to this article today:relay1.u...Interesting visitor to this article today:<BR/><BR/>relay1.ucia.gov (Central Intelligence Agency)<BR/><BR/>Virginia, Fairfax, United States, 0 returning visits<BR/><BR/>Date Time WebPage <BR/>19th January 2006 13:41:36 theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2005/07/jerry-springer-rebel-grabs-gramophone.html<BR/>No referring link <BR/>19th January 2006 13:41:38 <BR/>No referring linkPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122990555299114612005-08-02T14:49:00.000+01:002005-08-02T14:49:00.000+01:00Sophie and Pliable, for the next five days, Aug 2 ...Sophie and Pliable, for the next five days, Aug 2 to 7, readers here can listen to American composer Eric Whitacre's choral song "Sleep", over at NewMusicBox:<BR/><BR/>http://www.newmusicbox.org/earmark.nmbx<BR/><BR/>This song is the last of 17 songs on the new album "Through the Green Fuse" by the choral group Conspirare. The other 16 tracks of new choral music are:<BR/><BR/>1. Spirit Seeking Light and Beauty (Gaelic Hymn) <BR/>2. There Will Be Rest (Frank Ticheli) <BR/>3. Alchemy: Living Gold (Donald M. Skirvin) <BR/>4. Alchemy: Cups of Fire (Donald M. Skirvin) <BR/>5. Alchemy: Jewelled Blaze (Donald M. Skirvin) <BR/>6. Alchemy: O Beauty (Donald M. Skirvin) <BR/>7. With Joy We Go Dancing (Einojuhani Rautavaara) <BR/>8. Ruth (Paul Ayres) <BR/>9. Afro American Fragments: Song for Billie Holiday (William Averitt) <BR/>10. Afro American Fragments: Feet O' Jesus (William Averitt) <BR/>11. Afro American Fragments: Fire (William Averitt) <BR/>12. Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen Foster, arr. Craig Hella Johnson) <BR/>13. Deep River (arr. Anders Paulsson) <BR/>14. This Is My Song - Finlandia (Jean Sibelius) <BR/>15. Autumn Flowers (Gordon Binkerd) <BR/>16. Smávinir Fagrir (Jon Nordal) <BR/>17. Sleep (Eric Whitacre) <BR/> <BR/>The album is a hybrid SACD, and at<BR/>Amazon.com there is only one copy now left in stock!!<BR/><BR/>I'm curious about several of the, unknown to me, composers on this new album. (I have CDs of choral songs by Einojuhani Rautavaara and Jon Nordal, and last Friday, we heard a beautiful [but soft and largely restrained] evening of African American spirituals sung by the National Spiritual Ensemble at Washington's National Cathedral. [This Ensemble is not comprised only of African-American musicians.])<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006JMLDO/qid%3D1119904839/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-7041773-7365665Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122567033206164022005-07-28T17:10:00.000+01:002005-07-28T17:10:00.000+01:00You can listen to a sample of Antony Pitt's XL by ...You can listen to a sample of Antony Pitt's XL by opening this link.<BR/>http://www.harmoniamundi.com/Publish/album/868/801873.mp3<BR/><BR/>No you can't. After posting the comment I realised the audio sample was from the Knut Nystedt work, not XL. Bit daft of Harmonia Mundi as everyone is interested in XL.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122557092974066492005-07-28T14:24:00.000+01:002005-07-28T14:24:00.000+01:00thanks, pliable, I was curious about Antony Pitt's...thanks, pliable, I was curious about Antony Pitt's 40 voice XL but wasn't ready to spring for the full CD that has several works that I already know and have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122546598862805942005-07-28T11:29:00.000+01:002005-07-28T11:29:00.000+01:00You can listen to a sample of Antony Pitt's XL by ...You can listen to a sample of Antony Pitt's XL by opening this link.<BR/>http://www.harmoniamundi.com/Publish/album/868/801873.mp3Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122503888968567982005-07-27T23:38:00.000+01:002005-07-27T23:38:00.000+01:00That's very exciting news about George Crumb! I do...That's very exciting news about George Crumb! I do indeed enjoy his works, although sometimes they are a bit creepy (Makrokosmos and parts of "Voice of the Whale"). :)Last year, he was the guest composer at the festival I'm currently at...This year's composer is Bright Sheng. <BR/><BR/>One of my coaches right now - Simone Fontanelli, is a contemporary chamber music professor at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg! What a small musical world we live in. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for letting me know about Crumb in Salzburg; I'll be on the lookout for the Mozarteum Sommerakademie!philosophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288989877018654890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122487897659129182005-07-27T19:11:00.000+01:002005-07-27T19:11:00.000+01:00pliable, thank you for giving the info on Anthony ...pliable, thank you for giving the info on Anthony Pitt's Thomas Tallis Commemoration piece (XL). I recall that my latest Harmonie Mundi sampler had an excerpt from that CD -- a choral work excerpt by Jonathan Harvey, not by Anthony Pitt. You remedied that yesterday in your post.<BR/><BR/>Sophia, its interesting that you're currently involved with learning a work by George Crumb. Did you know that Crumb is the composer in residence at this year's Salzburg Mozarteum Sommerakademie (part of the famous Salzburg Summer Festival)?<BR/>Philadelphia's Orchestra 2001, conducted by James Freeman, will be giving the European premiere of Crumb's "The River of Life: Songs of Joy and Sorrow, A Cycle of Hymns, Spirituals and Revival Tunes" (American Songbook, Volume I) and the European premiere of Crumb's "The Winds of Destiny: Songs of Strife, Love,<BR/>Mystery and Exultation. A Cycle of American Civil War Songs, Folk Songs, and Spirituals.<BR/>(American Songbook, Volume IV).<BR/>Ann Crumb will be the soprano soloist in Volume I and Barbara Ann Martin will be the soprano soloist in Volume IV. This Philadelphia ensemble is this year's only American participant in the Festival. Their concert will be, in Salzburg, on August 4 -- next week. All four volumes of Crumb's American Songbook are scored for soprano, amplified piano, and percussion quartet. More than 100 different percussion instruments are required for the two works! (Tell your percussion friends!) You should be on the lookout for all of Eric Bruskin's expert program notes to the works of George Crumb -- including I imagine, Voice of a Whale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122483746233432582005-07-27T18:02:00.000+01:002005-07-27T18:02:00.000+01:00Thank you for your forgiving comments and for your...Thank you for your forgiving comments and for your support of my little blog! I just started it here at a music festival I'm playing in, and it's been a fun little hobby so far. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad that you enjoyed the post on Beethoven and U2, and thanks for sharing about Eric's influences as well! I'm looking forward to blogging more about music, however, I am currently away from my trusty grad school and undergrad notes, which I'd like to consult for future entries! Right now, I'm trying to focus on learning Crumb's "Voice of the Whale"... <BR/><BR/>With my undergraduate choir, I performed Eric's "I Thank You God For Most This Amazing Day" and worked on "Water Night". I've heard "Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine" performed as well...This is how I was first exposed to his work. What I love most about his music is the sonorities he creates from layering and clustering pitch.philosophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288989877018654890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122474963639238872005-07-27T15:36:00.000+01:002005-07-27T15:36:00.000+01:00Some useful information from Seven Letter's compos...Some useful information from Seven Letter's composers Anthony Pitts following my post.<BR/><BR/>Particularly interesting in Tallis anniversary year is his choral work XL commmissioned as a companion piece to Spem. it is scored for eight choirs, SATBarB, BBarTAS,BBarTAS, SATBarB, BBarTAS, SATBarB, SATBarB abd BBarTAS. The Faber published score gives three alternative layouts for the choir. A recording on Harmonia Mundi (HMC801873) has just been released. An interesting new option for programme planners who are scheduling the Tallis 40 part motet? <BR/><BR/>The next Tonus Peregrinus release on Naxos is a CD of works by John Dunstable - look out for that!<BR/><BR/>And Antony is currently working on a commission for an Advent motet for King's College, London.<BR/><BR/>Keep the information coming in!Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122470576961410132005-07-27T14:22:00.000+01:002005-07-27T14:22:00.000+01:00Sophia, don't feel bad about your spelling-- last ...Sophia, don't feel bad about your spelling-- last night I heard live Eric Whitacre's beautiful four minute motet "Lux aurumque (2000)", which is on the choral CD that you probably heard, and the short program note spelled his name BOTH Whitaker and Whitacre!!<BR/>And you do have an interesting blog -- I think your analysis of Beethoven and U2 is fantastic! You probably can appreciate that Eric gives his musical influences as Monteverdi, Debussy, Prokofiev, Bernstein, Pärt, the Beatles, Queen, Madonna, Sting and Peter Gabriel. Gotta run ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122449493831904982005-07-27T08:31:00.000+01:002005-07-27T08:31:00.000+01:00Sophia, DON'T be embarrassed. Your post achieved e...Sophia, DON'T be embarrassed. Your post achieved exactly what I started this blog for. As the post before your one above highlights, your comment has cleared an overgrown path to a contemporary composer many of us have never heard of. And now, thanks to my anonymous source quoted above, all of us can sample Eric Whitacre's work. That is ALL that matters on this blog.<BR/><BR/>The many errors I have made on this blog include converting UK pounds to US dollars at 1.8 to 1 instead of 1 to 1.8! And my constant corrections and refinements drive RSS users mad as they get mutiple versions of the same post.<BR/><BR/>But despite all this madness it seems to work.<BR/><BR/>More comments on Seven Letters, and more steers to other worthwhile contemporary composers (however spelt) very welcome here.<BR/><BR/>And anyone that has got this far down these comments (for which you deserve a medal), you MUST visit Sophia's exquisite blog <A HREF="http://myphilosophia.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Philosophia</A>, one of those rare blogs that combine form and function.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122435303836824612005-07-27T04:35:00.000+01:002005-07-27T04:35:00.000+01:00Oh, I am VERY embarrassed at my egregious spelling...Oh, I am VERY embarrassed at my egregious spelling error. I do apologize; I was running out the door while writing my comment...philosophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288989877018654890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122411740842224262005-07-26T22:02:00.000+01:002005-07-26T22:02:00.000+01:00hey, pliable, that last link you give also contain...hey, pliable, that last link you give also contains a MP3 to Eric Whitacre's song “With a Lily in Your Hand” from his Three Flower Songs. So your readers will have two chances to sample younger composers takes on new sacred music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122409120223879372005-07-26T21:18:00.000+01:002005-07-26T21:18:00.000+01:00Re the previous helpful comment. I hadn't heard of...Re the previous helpful comment. I hadn't heard of the composer Sophia mentioned. So I am indebted to a US source for the following information.<BR/><BR/>http://www.ericwhitacre.com/home.html<BR/><BR/>The correct spelling is Eric Whitacre. He is an American choral composer and conductor who was Juilliard-educated and somewhat commercially successful.<BR/><BR/>His a cappella music is particularly popular with some audiences. He also wrote an "electronic" opera on Paradise Lost. <BR/><BR/>http://www.paradiselosttheopera.com/home.html<BR/><BR/>One of his most popular CDs is with the Brigham Young University chorus, of Utah, and he may have connections with the Mormon Church there. <BR/><BR/>see also<BR/>www.arsisaudio.com/cd147.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1122400123355966232005-07-26T18:48:00.000+01:002005-07-26T18:48:00.000+01:00Very intriguing music; I enjoyed the sound-clip.I ...Very intriguing music; I enjoyed the sound-clip.<BR/><BR/>I must say that I'm neither an early music scholar or buff, but I do enjoy both...Currently, my favorite choral composer is Erik Whitaker.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing this new music!philosophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288989877018654890noreply@blogger.com