Charles Ives: Two Little Flowers

Charles Ives: Two Little Flowers

by | May 9, 2017 | Song of the Day

I love a song that will always make me cry. One of my most tried and true waterworks wranglers is Charles Ives’ simple ode to two little girls in his life, “Two little flowers (and dedicated to them)” (1921), performed here by the excellent Bill...
Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights

Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights

by | May 8, 2017 | Song of the Day

Here at NYFOS (where indeed, no song is safe from us), we ask the big questions. Why song? What does a song do? Why do we love singing songs? Why these little nuggets of extended and expanded time and elevated text? Why do I, a professional singer, love singing songs?...
James Kennerley: Arise, my love

James Kennerley: Arise, my love

by | May 5, 2017 | Song of the Day

We thought we’d start where we left off at the beginning of the week and present a song that celebrates partnership and love. It’s been a fun journey for us and I hope that it has been as entertaining to read as it has been for us to write! Emily and I were married in...
Robert Schumann: Mondnacht

Robert Schumann: Mondnacht

by | May 4, 2017 | Song of the Day

I wanted to talk today about partnerships, which seems particularly apt since Emily and I are presenting Song of the Day collaboratively! From ages 13 to 18 I would spend as much of my time as possible accompanying the music lessons of my fellow schoolmates. It taught...
Edward Elgar: Where corals lie

Edward Elgar: Where corals lie

by | May 3, 2017 | Song of the Day

I’m so glad to be able to share one of my favorite voices ever with you today. Janet Baker was born in 1933 to a coal mining family in Yorkshire in the North of England. She went on to become one of the most highly acclaimed mezzo sopranos of her generation, known...