Posted on Facebook 11/19
“Thursday morning’s performance [of Peter Lieberson’s ‘Neruda Songs’] was one of almost startling illumination and poignancy. [Mezzo Kelley] O’Connor seemed to have thought through every nuance and shade of meaning in these evocative texts and the settings that Lieberson created for them, and yet the performance sustained a feeling of spontaneity and an intimacy not easily achieved in this hall. (Wisely, translations of the poems appeared as surtitles above the stage as the performance progressed.)” So writes Michael Anthony in his review for the StarTribune this afternoon.
And “Spano’s reading [of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony No. 6] was amply emotional without turning sentimental, and he drew a fine performance from the orchestra.” Read Mr. Anthony’s full review here: http://www.startribune.com/review-minnesota-orchestra-presents-the-impassioned-neruda-songs/351919921/
Then grab your tickets for Friday night if you don’t already have them! http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/488/-/tchaikovsky-s-pathetique#.VkyIpnarTIU
(Painting by Richard Thorn)
“Thursday morning’s performance [of Peter Lieberson’s ‘Neruda Songs’] was one of almost startling illumination and poignancy. [Mezzo Kelley] O’Connor seemed to have thought through every nuance and shade of meaning in these evocative texts and the settings that Lieberson created for them, and yet the performance sustained a feeling of spontaneity and an intimacy not easily achieved in this hall. (Wisely, translations of the poems appeared as surtitles above the stage as the performance progressed.)” So writes Michael Anthony in his review for the StarTribune this afternoon.
And “Spano’s reading [of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony No. 6] was amply emotional without turning sentimental, and he drew a fine performance from the orchestra.” Read Mr. Anthony’s full review here: http://www.startribune.com/review-minnesota-orchestra-presents-the-impassioned-neruda-songs/351919921/
Then grab your tickets for Friday night if you don’t already have them! http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/488/-/tchaikovsky-s-pathetique#.VkyIpnarTIU
(Painting by Richard Thorn)
Posted on Facebook 11/18
Do you love lyrical writing for the mezzo voice? Do you love someone? Did you love Kelley O’Connor’s performance in “Madame Butterfly” at Sommerfest? If any of those are true, don’t miss Ms. O’Connor’s performance of Peter Lieberson’s “Neruda Songs” at Thursday morning’s or Friday evening’s MN Orchestra concert, led by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s music director Robert Spano.
Alex Ross of the “New Yorker” described Lieberson’s breathtaking setting of five love sonnets by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda as having “the feeling of one of those golden summer afternoons when the world seems to reach a point of magical equilibrium, and we want to slow down time so that it does not end so quickly.” The first lines of the songs are:
I. If your eyes were not the color of the moon
II. Love, love, the clouds went up the tower of the sky
III. Don’t go far off, not even for a day
IV. And now you’re mine. Rest with your dream in my dream
V. My love, if I die and you don’t
You can find the full texts here: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/images/programnotes/1516/neruda_translation.pdf
And you can listen to the last movement, sung with heart-breaking beauty by Lorraine Hunt Lieberman, for whom it was written, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikvWSU9kutM&feature=youtu.be
Mezzo Kelley O’Connor has special insight to these songs and the composer, and a long-time musical partnership with this weekend’s conductor Robert Spano. Read all about it in this fascinating interview with her: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/showcase/72-meet-a-guest-artist-mezzo-kelley-o-connor?utm_source=Concert+Reminders&utm_campaign=8f2bd3828b-CR_Tchaikovsky_Path%C3%A9tique_FRI_11_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2ec0858eaa-8f2bd3828b-86867401
Tchaikovsky's gorgeous “Pathétique” Symphony No. 6 completes this weekend’s program. Don’t miss it!
Tickets and more info here: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/488/-/tchaikovsky-s-pathetique#.VkyIpnarTIU
(Painting by Richard Thorn)
Do you love lyrical writing for the mezzo voice? Do you love someone? Did you love Kelley O’Connor’s performance in “Madame Butterfly” at Sommerfest? If any of those are true, don’t miss Ms. O’Connor’s performance of Peter Lieberson’s “Neruda Songs” at Thursday morning’s or Friday evening’s MN Orchestra concert, led by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s music director Robert Spano.
Alex Ross of the “New Yorker” described Lieberson’s breathtaking setting of five love sonnets by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda as having “the feeling of one of those golden summer afternoons when the world seems to reach a point of magical equilibrium, and we want to slow down time so that it does not end so quickly.” The first lines of the songs are:
I. If your eyes were not the color of the moon
II. Love, love, the clouds went up the tower of the sky
III. Don’t go far off, not even for a day
IV. And now you’re mine. Rest with your dream in my dream
V. My love, if I die and you don’t
You can find the full texts here: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/images/programnotes/1516/neruda_translation.pdf
And you can listen to the last movement, sung with heart-breaking beauty by Lorraine Hunt Lieberman, for whom it was written, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikvWSU9kutM&feature=youtu.be
Mezzo Kelley O’Connor has special insight to these songs and the composer, and a long-time musical partnership with this weekend’s conductor Robert Spano. Read all about it in this fascinating interview with her: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/showcase/72-meet-a-guest-artist-mezzo-kelley-o-connor?utm_source=Concert+Reminders&utm_campaign=8f2bd3828b-CR_Tchaikovsky_Path%C3%A9tique_FRI_11_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2ec0858eaa-8f2bd3828b-86867401
Tchaikovsky's gorgeous “Pathétique” Symphony No. 6 completes this weekend’s program. Don’t miss it!
Tickets and more info here: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/488/-/tchaikovsky-s-pathetique#.VkyIpnarTIU
(Painting by Richard Thorn)
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