by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Feb 26, 2019 | Song of the Day
From Ellie Gisler Murphy, Caramoor’s Senior Artist Planning Manager: Likely one of the most achingly romantic songs I know is Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love” probably made most famous by Billy Joel and then, of course, Adele. This song came to prominence in my own...
by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Feb 25, 2019 | Song of the Day
From Ellie Gisler Murphy, Caramoor’s Senior Artist Planning Manager: Every year, we are asked to contribute to the great NYFOS Song of the Day blog, and each time, I am moved by something in my own life. This time around, there’s nothing more prominent in my...
by Steven Blier | Jan 14, 2019 | Program Notes
Choosing a program for NYFOS’s annual residency at Juilliard is usually one of the year’s sweetest dilemmas. No dilemma this time, though. I knew more than a year ago that I would want to revive Kurt Weill’s Berlin as the 2019 project. My singers have strong feelings...
by Steven Blier | Jan 14, 2019 | Blier's Blog
Last Tuesday I was ready to rehearse Kurt Weill’s Berlin, and I am now ready to play the show on Thursday. But I was not ready for how deep it was going to cut. My soul has gotten a workout this week, in a wonderful way. I guess it all began with my gradual awareness...
by Steven Blier | Jan 13, 2019 | Blier's Blog
Today we had two visitors: Marianne Barrett, who coaches German at Juilliard, and Jeremy Lawrence, a specialist in the songs of the Weimar Era. He did the translations for Ute Lemper’s CD of Berlin cabaret songs (we’re using two of them), and he also has his own show,...
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