by Michael Barrett | Sep 28, 2015 | Song of the Day
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...
by Mark Campbell | Sep 25, 2015 | Song of the Day
This is our final post from guest DJ Mark Campbell. Thank you, Mark! Next week: NYFOS Co-founder Michael Barrett! Did You Ever Cross Over to Sneden’s? Music and lyrics by Alec Wilder TGIF. After all the heavy songs on my list this week, I now feature one that had no...
by Mark Campbell | Sep 24, 2015 | Song of the Day
from librettist Mark Campbell: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Music by Samuel Barber; text by James Agee I know this is not a “song.” But this is my week, not yours. I first heard this work in 1989 when my mother was diagnosed with cancer—and continued listening to it...
by Mark Campbell | Sep 23, 2015 | Song of the Day
from librettist Mark Campbell: Being Alive Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim I had to include a Sondheim song this week. Had to. “Being Alive” is not necessarily my favorite song from the Sondheim canon—but I have to admit that in my long and varied romantic life,...
by Mark Campbell | Sep 22, 2015 | Song of the Day
from librettist Mark Campbell: This Charming Man Music and lyrics by The Smiths, Johnny Marr and Morrissey I am an ardent fan of Morrissey and The Smiths and love so many of their songs, so choosing one was very difficult. While this song was released originally in...
by Mark Campbell | Sep 21, 2015 | Song of the Day
This week’s SOTD curator is Mark Campbell, great friend of NYFOS and librettist of NYFOS’s two opera commissions: Bastianello and Lucrezia (by John Musto and William Bolcom, respectively). Thank you, Mark, for offering selections this week! from Mark...
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