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2019-03-01 00:00:00
Kenneth McKellar & Adrian Boult: Handel - Recitatives and Arias
[…] broken his heart - Behold and see' from Messiah, HWV.56*11. 'He was cut off - But thou didst not leave his soul In hell' from Messiah, HWV.56*#12. 'Unto which of the angels - Let all the angels' from Messiah, HWV.56*13. 'He that dwelleth In heaven - Thou shalt break them' from Messiah, HWV.56*14. 'Then shall be brought to pass - O death where is thy sting - But thanks be to God' from Messiah, HWV.56*#^Kenneth McKellar- tenor; Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden and London Symphony Orchestra*, London Symphony Chorus# conducted by Adrian Boult (with ^Grace Brumbry- mezzo)Decca Eloquence Australia 4804915 (recorded November 1959 & May 1960 and May & August 1961*; this CD release 2011)(CD-rip; flacs and cover scans, no booklet or inlay card)Recording venue: Kingsway Hall, LondonRecording engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson.Producers: Christopher Raeburn & Erik Smith and James Walker*Anybody who only knows of Kenneth McKellar from his later […]
2017-06-23 15:44:03
“My life is an open pamphlet”
Born on this day in 1927 dancer and choreographer Bob Fosse. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SkYdsvgOpw Born on this day in 1837 composer Ernest Guiraud. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjKWtMe9oJw Also born on this day in 1927 tenor Kenneth McKellar. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZtmD_t5MaU Happy 74th birthday tenor William Cochran. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=iitVHN3tPLs also Happy 74th birthday conductor James Levine. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhLVovrrqEs Happy 67th birthday mezzo-soprano Livia Budai. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN3rPBPxg6c Happy 65th birthday tenor Kim Begley. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=P73qqf6rBOY Happy 61st birthday soprano Sylvia McNair. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzvJluTMC2A
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-11-23 19:02:26
[…] frosty white, complete with fur and glittering icicles. Kravitz’s performance of the chromatic aria “What power art thou” was a slyly comic tour de force in its gradual emergence from a breathy staccato whisper to a ringing C major affirmation as he recognized Cupid’s power (“Great love, I know thee now”). Act IV is all about the power of love, as Osmond’s spells become sexual temptations. In a mellifluous duet, sopranos Nicole Estima and Kathryn McKellar as river sirens tried to lure Arthur into joining them in nude bathing. The great passacaglia that followed was another paean to love: a four-measure bass pattern, repeated some 59 times in various guises, and set to solos, duets, trios, choruses, and instrumental interludes. Arthur having finally defeated the Saxons and forgiven Oswald, it remained in Act V to celebrate the union of the two peoples and the glory of Britannia. A sudden storm […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-11-10 18:00:27
Rare Dryden-Purcell Masque Coming
[…] 2016 4pm at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, MA, produced by Ian Watson and the Arcadia Players (tickets HERE ) Sarah Yanovitch , Cupid and Venus David Kravitz , as the Cold Genius Benjamin Evett , King Arthur and Esme Allen as his lover, Emmeline Staged by Bob Scanlan , musical direction by Ian Watson, co-produced/ sponsored by the Henry Purcell Society of Boston With special appearances by Nicole Estima, Kathryn McKellar, Jessica Petrus, Sonja Tengblad, Wee Kiat Chia, Katherine Growdon, **Krista River , Charles Blandy, Eric Christopher Perry, Stefan Reed, Jacob Cooper, David Tinervia, **Sumner Thompson , and Bradford Gleim The post Rare Dryden-Purcell Masque Coming appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer .
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