Tag: early music
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Jory to the world!
Last night I attended the NYS Baroque concert featuring Harpsichord player Jory Vinikour performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations. A wonderful concert – what a talent, also charming, and the audience was quite spellbound for the 90 minutes straight that he played from memory. I was late- I had a good excuse though, an audition for Opera Ithaca (check…
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What to expect when you’re singing (and expecting)…
Warning: Don’t be a soprano if you want to procreate. The most annoying pregnancy symptom of all: plugged ears. No, not the friendly kind where you can yawn a few times, and pop them, or plug your nose and blow…. I’m talking 10 hours later they are still plugged…Darth Vader has been breathing into your…
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This aint no ordinary clubhouse, folks
Phelps Mansion in Binghamton – Who knew?? A stunning Victorian home, the last of its kind on Court St. A business owner and at one point Mayor, Sherman Phelps had it built in 1870, and it had lots of state of the art things for the time, like gas fireplaces, and shutters that slide into…
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raindrops on roses, and boys with high voices!
I’m in NYC this week, and went tonight to see an Evensong at Saint Thomas Church, which was absolutely what I had hoped it would be. It is a male choir, and there are boys about as high as my boots (so…kind of high) singing gorgeous phrases, and the blend was perfection. I know there…
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Dish it out, people!
So… you should all come to the benefit tomorrow night for the Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service! I will be singing two long, wacky songs by Henry Purcell, which make me feel bipolar by the time I’m done… And there’s other great music, including Hank Roberts, whose cello just sounded amazing in this space at…
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It’s ok, Graupner, Nice guys finish last!
Who the eff is Christoph Graupner? Just another baby boomer really….He has a wife and family to provide for, so he lands a decently salaried job with some degree of security, works hard for 40 or 50 years (even lends a kind word to get less established fellows rolling in their careers; in this case…
Rebecca Leistikow 