http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/events/evt_9730.html?selecteddate=03102009 March 2009. This is a concert I will not miss (I live near NYC, so...
I'm not sure how many of you have read "Music in a New Found Land." I did many years ago, when I was first discovering Ives' music. The book was first...
Umm...........not sure about changing his mind, he has always been
ambivalent about Ives - conducting his works (esp. Robert Browning Overture
3 Places and...
Thanks for this link, Scott - I too have read (and still own a copy of)
Music in a New-Found Land, and was also very fortunate to be working briefly
in York...
... Here's another which tells something about Meller's personality and goes a way to explaining why he was so open minded and unorthodox.: Coincidentally...
Anne, Thanks for sharing that obit. I had no idea about the details of Mellers' life. But his enjoyment of music comes through clearly in his writing. I'll...
Subject: Re: [charlesives] Boulez conducts Ives? ... So he has conducted Ives before? I thought he dismissed him as you said and wouldn't touch those pieces...
Frank: Pierre B conducted 4th Symphony with NYPO ( years ago when he was
music director), also R.Browning Ov., 3rd Symph. - I also remember him doing
some...
... Questions are good ! They serve a purpose. Lots is written about Boulez that isn't accurate. The wiki entry, for example. But it gets repeated until...
On 24 May 2008 at 10:32, Frank Camiola wrote: I have sort of answered a lot of my questions upon finding this ... Thanks loads for this Frankie, it's great...
http://www.lafolia.com/archive/covell/covell200411concord.html Not sure if this has been brought up here before, but here is an interesting piece written about...
The New York City Ballet is doing a performance consisting of some Ives songs this month: Music Eighteen songs by Charles Ives (in order of performance The...
... From: Scott Date: 28/05/2008 20:43:58 To: charlesives@yahoogroups.com Subject: [charlesives] Re: Ives Songs Ballet The New York City Ballet is doing a...
That ballet should be interesting ! There are quite a lot of ballets to song. Either they leave out the singing (!) and dance the words instead or they have a...
... It was an encore, so just Songs my Mother Taught Me but she was so natural that I can imagine her doing others equally well. So what if she has a slight...
Hello group, I was recently looking through a volume of Ives's songs, and I noticed that many of them are written for medium voice. Are any of his songs...
It is completely legitimate to transpose Ives to suit the voice. To deny a singer the opportunity to sing an Ives song because of vocal range would go totally...
I've been spinning Sinclair's new Naxos featuring the Three Orchestral Sets and Henry Brant's Concord "Symphony", so here are some quick thoughts (not a formal...
Frank, thanks for your thoughts on these recordings... I just listened to the world premiere of the 3rd Orchestral Set (edited and realized by Porter and...
Dear Mr. Conners -- Thank you for your helpful response to our question. I am very happy that I may be able to sing these pieces. I am interested in ...
Saturday night I was at a concert with an interesting programme : Haydn : Symphony no 22 "The Philosopher" Schoenberg : Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra ...
Thanks for this, Anne - I shall be at the same programme in Cambridge
tomorrow evening.....................Tony ... From: Anne Ozorio Date: 06/18/08 12:05:47 ...
... Shannon on Bridge. ... Agree, and I very much enjoy Robert Shannon's recording of the "Concord" (Bridge BCD 9036) in spite of the "tacky" cxover. -Gene...
... Just heard that the concert at Aldeburgh is being broadcast on BBC radio 3 on 30th June at 7pm England time. It can be heard online, too, possibly also on...
Hello Just to inform you that the legendary 1992 recording of Ives' music by Ingo Metzmacher (A portrait of Charles Ives) went to be reissued by EMI. It's a...
Certainly am in agreement with Patrick and Frank as regards the Metzmacher "Portrait", but am unable to muster enthusiasm for Ms. Nixon's rendition of Songs...