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2023-02-08 13:48:33
The unassuming Dutch soprano, an unforgettable lieder singer... The post Elly Ameling, 90 today appeared first on Slippedisc.
2021-11-15 17:32:36
“Widmung” is one of many songs Robert Schumann wrote for his wife, Clara. The meaning of this German word is “Dedication”. Interesting history is the fun part, and to get there, singers need to master things like singing legato in German, and pulling off a successful two-against-three tempo indicated by the composer. The piano accompaniment helps the singer through this beauty of German Romanticism. The text, as translated by Emily Ezust on lieder.net is as follows: You my soul, you my heart, you my bliss, o you my pain, you the world in which I live; you my heaven, in
2021-06-06 16:56:10
The song “Nacht und Traume” by Franz Schubert was created out of a combination of two of Collin’s poems. It was meant as a memorial and tribute to the poet, a greatly admired friend of Schubert’s, who had died the year before. The vocal line travel into the void and lures moonlight, memories, and spirits to visit our dreams. In the piano, slow unruffled sounds breath steadily, and the one significant modulation into G major from the home key of B major, makes the dreamer fall into an even deeper sleep. There is however a touch of lonely desolation on
2021-04-18 12:51:44
The outstanding Dutch soprano, Elly Ameling, studied in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. She completed her training with Pierre Bernac in Paris. In 1956 she won the first prize in a vocal competition, but her career really started to take off after she won first prize at the ‘Concours International de Musique’ in Geneva in 1958. Elly Ameling made her formal recital debut in Amsterdam in 1961. Subsequent appearances with the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Amsterdam Philharmonic and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra secured her reputation. Since then, concert tours led her regularly throughout the world. Elly Ameling’s repertoire (Lieder, as well
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