Gregory M. Spock
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A Composer’s Debut, at 82
Please join me in bringing this contemporary opera Hester to life. Making his operatic composing debut at 82 years young, Mr. Richard Alan White. October 12th at Opera America.
Tickets can be found here: http://m.bpt.me/event/3093753
nytimes.com Richard Alan White always worked nonmusical jobs for a living. Over 40 years, in his spare time, he wrote the opera, “Hester,” which will finally be staged.
In difficult and uncertain times I always turn to music. Music has a way of providing an unfathomable healing. This evening's rehearsal of Kodaly's Missa Brevis is no exception.
Kodaly put the finishing touches on this impressive work while the Russian Army was besieging Nazi-occupied Budapest, which he had begun two years earlier in 1942 as a solo organ mass. Kodály, hidden in the cellar of a Budapest convent, then reworked it for chorus and organ, soon thereafter producing a third version, for chorus and orchestra, which was premiered in early 1945. Under the circumstances, it's surprising that Kodály imbued the work with so few of his characteristic Hungarian touches, but he clearly intended this Missa Brevis to be an act of spiritual supplication rather than a gesture of nationalism. [Extracted from Allmusic.org]
Throughout history, music, art, dance, and theatre all have prevailed in difficult times and will hopefully continue to provide the answers.
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I will be returning to sing with the St. George's Choral Society performing Mendelssohn's Lobgesang and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music Sunday, November 21st at 2:30 pm. The concert will be at the Church of the Incarnation (209 Madison Avenue)
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Performance #2 of Beloved Renegade
Carmen
Happy to announce after a (much needed) vocal hiatus I will be making my role debut as Remendado in Regina Opera's May 2015 Carmen production. Great to be working with this company again!
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A week from today I have the biggest audition of my life. At the Garnier - Paris Opera.
22 Inspiring Composer Quotes
Debussy, such a profound wordsmith (in addition to that composing thing he did). A man ahead of his time.