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This week's Song of the Day selections come from NYFOS co-founder Michael Barrett: I have just been baptized in the Colorado River. It wasn't intentional. I was swept into the rapids of Cataract Canyon about 100 miles south of Moab, Utah. I had several mouthfuls of...
(from Michael Barrett) This week's "Song of the Day” tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson concludes with two selections from Four Hindu Poems by Maurice Delage (1879-1961). It is from a live performance in 1997 at the Moab Music Festival. The songs are "Un Sapin isole"...
(from Michael Barrett) The fourth installment of our week-long celebration of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's artistry continues with the Mahler Rueckert Lieder. Here is "Liebst du um Schoenheit". It is the chestnut of the cycle; short, rich, soaring and perfect. Mahler...
(from Michael Barrett) Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was at the Moab Music Festival in 1997 for an auspicious event. The Grand County High School had just opened their brand new campus. Fortunately, their forward-thinking County Superintendent, Richard Averitt, had...
(from Michael Barrett) Lorraine Hunt first came to the Moab Music Festival in 1997. She was fresh off her triumph at the Santa Fe Opera where she had premiered Peter Lieberson's "Ashoka's Dream". She had also, she confided to me, fallen in love with the composer. This...
The Song of the Day for the week of June 29th comes from NYFOS Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett: As we roll into the summer Holiday weekend, I recall the many 4th of July performances I've conducted over the years. Gershwin, Bernstein, Duke Ellington,...