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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-10-25 16:09:48
Over a Christmas break many decades ago, I did nothing but immerse myself in a term paper on Stravinsky’s Les Noces for John Heiss’s Stravinsky/Schoenberg/Ives class. As I was writing, I imagined Heiss sitting in the room next to me making his inevitable comments. (The paper remains on my bookshelf). He was that kind of [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-10-18 19:54:34
[…] Hall. Among the speeches, many of his works will be performed, including the poignant Serenade for flute and harp that he composed after the death of his beloved wife Arlene and several songs from his cycle Five Songs from James Joyce for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (of which I will be conducting). His other composer interests, Ives, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky will be well-represented, too, along with other pieces of note that Mr. Heiss commented on at length at different times. This event promises to be NEC’s proper moving tribute to one of the most important and highly regarded professors to have ever graced the hall of Jordan Hall building. I am forever grateful, John Heiss. Know that, wherever you are. For so many NEC students, taking a class with John Heiss was a true experience. Mr. Heiss had an unparalleled ability to humanize and demystify so many […]
2023-09-17 15:59:00
Das Floß der Medusa, Komische Oper, 16 September 2023
Hangar 1, Tempelhof AirportImages: Jaro Suffner La Mort – Gloria Rehm Jean-Charles – Günter Papendell Charon – Idunnu Münch Four Dead – Takshiro Namiki, Taiki Miyashita, Yauci Yanes Ortega, Matthias Spenke, Fermin Basterra Thirteen Dying – Polly Ott, Agnes Dasch, Sarah Papodopoulo, Viola Weimker, Claudia Buhrmann, Orine Nosaki, Wiebke Kretzschmar, Martin Fehr, Christoph Eder, Hartmut Schröder, Martin Netter, Thomas Heiss, Werner Matusch Fourteen Surviving – Angela Postweiler, Uta Krause, Veronika Burger, Claudia van Hasselt, Julia Hebecker, Ulrike Jahn, Hans-Dierer Gilleßen, Michael Schaffrath, Matthias Eger, Laurin Oppermann, Philipp Schreyer, Simon Berg, Enrico Wenzel, Frank SchwemmerTobias Kratzer (director)Rainer Sellmaier (designs)Marguerite Donlon (choreography)Julia Jordà Stoppelhaar (dramaturgy)Lighting – Olaf FreeseSound design – Holger SchwarkChoir Soloists of the Komische Oper (director: David Cavelius)Movement Choir and Children’s Extras of the Komische OperVocalconsort BerlinStaats- und Domchor Berlin (director: Kai-Uew Jirka)Orchestra of the Komische Oper, BerlinTitus Engel (conductor)Henze’s Raft of the Medusa may lay claim to the […]
2020-03-02 03:14:00
[…] and eventually Fiordiligi falls for Ferrando. They agree to get married, and as the ceremony proceeds the two men switch back to themselves. After the entire plot is reviewed, the lovers are reconciled. Conductor – Harry Bicket. Ferrando – Ben Bliss, Guglielmo – Luca Pisaroni, Don Alfonso – Gerald Finley, Fiordiligi – Nicole Car, Dorabell – Serena Malfi, Despina – Heidi Stober. Continuo. Harpsichord – Jonathan C. Kelly, Cello – David Heiss. I remember seeing this opera a while ago (in 2005, per my blog entry). What I remembered of it was mostly neutral, and that it is a comedy trying to have a moral statement that doesn’t make sense. I decided to grab a rush ticket for tonight’s performance. It is a different production. The set reminds one of Coney Island in the 1950s. During the overture, many […]
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