Kurt Weill: Speak Low

Kurt Weill: Speak Low

On Nov. 19,  NYFOS will be presenting a concert version of Kurt Weill’s Der Silbersee (Silverlake) at Merkin Hall in NYC. Weill is an adopted New Yorker, having emigrated in 1935. His music had been banned by the Nazis. His early theater works, The Threepenny Opera...
Marc Blitzstein: Moll’s Song

Marc Blitzstein: Moll’s Song

We are gearing up for a concert performance of Marc Blitzstein’s No For An Answer on Nov. 19 at Merkin Concert Hall.  No For An Answer came together in 1941 and had a very short run over a few weekends at what is now City Center. No For An Answer was...
Francis Poulenc: Priez Pour Paix

Francis Poulenc: Priez Pour Paix

Just a month ago at the Moab Music Festival we opened the season with a program about war. The original inspiration came from John Brancy and Peter Dugan who toured extensively with a beautiful program celebrating the centenary of the end of WW 1 (the armistice). I...
Gene de Paul:  Afterthoughts

Gene de Paul: Afterthoughts

This recording of Jessye Norman singing ‘Afterthoughts’ with Michel Legrand at the piano is remarkable. I love it—the tone of her, the risk-taking, the musical chemistry between them both and the journey they take us on. What a gift they left us… Composer: Gene de...