NormanH Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 1) Would you send that link to Patf in pm , mint...as you know I can't initiate pms ?Something very unlike my usual stuff, but which is very apt, and which links music with poetry so I hope you will enjoy:http://www.paris-a-nu.fr/etranges-etrangers-de-jacques-prevert/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Have done as requested.I have read several pieces of Prevert and I look forward to hearing this.Some of his poetry is a bit er "gritty" but it always says it like it is. I always think he must have been a very sensitive sort.Pat, the PM has been sent, I have checked![:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Thanks to both - I've now got that that link, saved (I hope!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 A wonderful, topical poem and it bears out what I already thought of Prevert; sensitive but no hiding behind vague words. Reality, stark and unadorned.I know the very person to send that to.........she'd really like it.Thank you, Norman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 As a welcome change from election fever....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHJ_JFi5vbkLe doux silence de nos boisn'est pas troublé que de la voixdes oiseaux que l'amour assemble:Bergére, qui fais mes désirsVoici le mois charmant des fleurs et des zéphirs.Et la saison que te resemble.Ne perdons pas un moment des beaux jours,ne perdons pas un moment des beaux jours.C'est le temps des plaisirs,et des tendres amours.(The pronunciation is deliberate..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 I have read somewhere, just in passing, that Christie is starting a new festival this summer. But can't remember any more of the details.Don't forget, Cardiff Singer starts this Monday[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I found this old recording by chance, while listening to Ella and Louis singing the songs from Porgy and Bess:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2UkcpL9q_s&list=PL318D10315BFDA3C2&index=17Amazing to hear Gershwin's voice, and to compare the singers of the time (1935) with Ella and Louis. They were much more operatic, perfect diction etc. The singer who sang "My Man's Gone Now" was in another class.Pity the last song, "Bess, You are my Woman now" was cut short, but shouldn't complain, lovely to hear those authentic recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2UkcpL9q_s&list=PL318D10315BFDA3C2&index=17This link seems to work (hopefully) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Thanks a lot....Fascinating [:D]In any case i was able to copy and paste the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 Did you watch Cardiff Singer tonight?Did you hear the winner sing Dido's lament by Purcell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 No I missed the whole competition [:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 I have now caught up with the song competition.I disagreed strongly with the two commentators about the Ukrainian baritone who didn't get anywhere but who was for me by far the best song performer.The two women whom they praised so highly came over as non-communicative, not least because of their incapacity to express the languages they sang in by reason of the poor articulation/pronunciation of them.The Poulenc was incomprehensible, and the German was wooden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I have now seen the Finale, and the Purcell was well-done.In fact she deserved to win as being one of the few to include any decent music in her programme (Purcell; Ravel; Schoenberg in the song Finale) Rarely have I experienced such banality as in the choice of music in these two rounds.Where was the Brahms, the Mozart, the Schubert, the Schumann ?Apart from Monteverdi (unrepresented) anything composed by someone whose name ends with the letter 'i' is at best third rate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 I agree about the paucity of the choices and the Scottish girl was pulled up on her pronunciation by one of the commentators. But I did love the Purcell.So you didn't like the Bellinis, the Rossinis, etc? OK...........For me it's a bit of a treat because there is so little music these days on TV and it's sometimes a case of anything not too banal is better than a total desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 You may or may not enjoy this but I love their string section and, of course, Renée Fleming[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wzv6b[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Will listen. It was my favorite orchestra in the time of Carlos Kleiber..[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Some wonderful singing............[url]http://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/075311-001-A/tannhauser-de-richard-wagner[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Superb voices:))A bit more to my personal musical taste...(though not for the quality of the voices)And in one of the places I would have loved to have lived in if I could have afforded it ...Aix en Provence. What a dream [Www]http://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/073907-001-A/carmen-de-bizet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Innovative production as I'd expect from Aix. I have never been there but I know musicians who have worked at the festival.Have not had a chance to watch all of it but will certainly have time over the next week or so whilst the video is still disponible.Watched Rigoletto on Arte a couple of nights ago and Gilda was enchanting. It's not anywhere near being my favourite opera but some of the arias are memorable and eminently hummable.Am PMing you tout de suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 The soprano who was the Gilda I have mentioned above: her name is Nadine SIERRA. Saw her again last night at the 14 July concert en direct from Paris.She is really the "complete package".........voice, musicality, looks, ability to charm birds off trees.Do google, stp. All your messages read, understood and gratefully welcomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 This is lovelyttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZyHTCwvZiE&html5=1On the other hand the clips of her singing Mozart are not so convincing. I think she is really a dramatic/romantic singer, at which she is very good.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 This might interest you toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT2Hrg1febs&html5=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 [quote user="NormanH"]This is lovelyttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZyHTCwvZiE&html5=1On the other hand the clips of her singing Mozart are not so convincing. I think she is really a dramatic/romantic singer, at which she is very good..[/quote]One of my favourite songs and here is another Je veux vivre dans le reve..........ravishing.....[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtQDrYXIISM[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 You might find this of interest:[url]https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/04/simon-rattle-interview-london-symphony-orchestra-brexit[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I am of course extraordinarily jealous of him, with no reason since I do not possess his talent for communication [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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