by Theo Hoffman | Jul 7, 2015 | Song of the Day
(from baritone Theo Hoffman) St. Louis Blues – Ella Fitzgerald (originally W.C. Handy) I have some incredible memories with this particular rendition of “St. Louis Blues.” The first person who played this for me was my dear friend, collaborator, room...
by Theo Hoffman | Jul 6, 2015 | Song of the Day
This week’s Song of the Day posts come from Theo Hoffman. Theo is a young baritone who has appeared in several NYFOS Emerging Artist, NYFOS Next and gala programs over the past couple of years, and we’re sure we’ll hear a lot more from him in the...
by Michael Barrett | Jul 2, 2015 | Song of the Day
(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...
by Michael Barrett | Jul 1, 2015 | Song of the Day
(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...
by Michael Barrett | Jun 30, 2015 | Song of the Day
(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...
by Michael Barrett | Jun 29, 2015 | Song of the Day
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,...
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