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clarinetist (1923-2004)
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Silas Hite is a composer with many projects. From television to the concert stage, ambient to folk,
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2017-05-17 15:08:58
Haydn crosses English Channel Filling the stage of Sanders Theater at Harvard’s Memorial Hall on Sunday, the Back Bay Chorale of some 118 singers, along with a 44-member orchestra, gave a rousing performance of Haydn’s much-loved masterpiece, The Creation. Scott Allen Jarrett conducted; soloists were Jacquelyn Stucker, soprano, William Hite, tenor, and Sumner Thompson, baritone. Haydn seems to have found inspiration for The Creation during his first visit to London in 1791, when he heard Handel oratorios performed in Westminster Abbey with very large forces, and became eager to try his hand at a work of similar grandeur. Asked for advice on a suitable subject, his friend the French violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélemon is reported to have picked up his Bible and said: “There, take that, and begin at the beginning.” In fact, the libretto Haydn took back to Vienna after his second stay in London in 1794-1795 is based on […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-10-19 16:57:02
Cantata Singers Paired Bach and Zelenka
[…] the opener, was composed in October 1723, a few months after Bach assumed the position of Thomaskantor in Leipzig. The six-movement work takes its theme from John 4:46-54, which tasks a father’s faith to cure his son; the text takes doubt and fear as its core themes. Hoose emphasized clear enunciation and well-balanced choral sounds, subtly supported by a precise and carefully shaped orchestra, leaving the brunt of the drama to the soloists. Tenor William Hite’s opening recit declamed and expressively, channeling the evangelists Bach would soon employ in his Matthew and John Passions. Hite reveled in the thorny aria that followed, cleanly negotiating the tortured melismas and massive range with an ease that emphasized the almost-operatic drama. Mezzo-soprano Kim Leeds’s offered sweeter fare, fortifying the listener against doubt with the courage afforded by faith. Although her reassuring aria (memorably accompanied by chattering bassoon and oboes by Adrian Morejon, Peggy […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2016-10-11 07:39:51
Top Posts From AJBlogs 10.10.16
Profiling Audiences in Pittsburgh and Charlotte (my new home town) I am in the midst of another big life change, having recently moved from rural Maine to Charlotte …The arts scene here in this bustling boom town, where the population is increasing by nearly 20,000 people a year and every other corner features a new construction project, is naturally on my mind. … read more AJBlog: We The Audience Published 2016-10-10 The flickering veil As I approach the far shore of middle age, I can now say without exaggeration that I remember a fair number of things that happened a half-century ago. … read more AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-10-10 Music by Women Saw a very nice concert this past week by the Lumina Duo – oboist Merideth Hite-Estevez and pianist Jani Parsons. The […]
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