On VOX today, at 6 pm – a special repeat of the Solti Meistersinger with Ben Heppner, Rene Pape, Karita Mattila, & Jose van Dam from 1997
Its spectacular – heartily recommend it – Van Dam’s interpretation of Hans Sach is quite moving and the rest of the stellar cast (also who you heard today on Lohengrin!)
Just make it the Ben-Rene-Karita marathon Saturday!
From an email from Robert Davis:Lohengrin
Wagner’s religious tale of good and evil, presented live from New York by Margaret Juntwait.
King Henry …… René Pape (bass)
Lohengrin …… Ben Heppner (tenor)
Elsa of Brabant …… Karita Mattila (soprano)
Friedrich of Telramund …… Richard Paul Fink (baritone)
Ortrud …… Luana De Vol (mezzo-soprano)
The King’s Herald …… Eike Wilm Schulte (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Philippe Auguin (conductor)
This production by Robert Wilson has continued to generate controversial reactions from audiences since its premiere recently. However, all are agreed on the quality of the singers – very high.
A highly recommended listen… check Operacast daily webcast schedule for repeats. Also available for seven days from BBC Radio 3 Listen Again
NEW MUSIC – The world premieres of Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6 (completed by Anthony Payne), Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s new work for The Queen’s 80th birthday, and a new version of the Blue Peter theme are just three new music highlights in 2006. We also have UK premieres from such leading living composers as Osvaldo Golijov, HK Gruber and Magnus Lindberg, as well as original new voices Dai Fujikura and Benjamin Wallfisch, plus BBC commissions from British talents Julian Anderson, George Benjamin, James Dillon, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Ian Wilson.
VISITING ARTISTS – This year, international a rtistic talent includes Christoph Eschenbach (carrying forward the four-year-long Proms Ring cycle), Bernard Haitink, Kurt Masur, and Sir Simon Rattle along with a host of other leading names. Visiting orchestras – from Bamberg under Jonathan Nott and Budapest under Iván Fischer, to Pittsburgh under Sir Andrew Davis and Minnesota under Osmo Vänskä – plus Proms debuts from Stéphane Denève with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Philippe Jordan with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and many other major artists, together with a late-night celebration of Islamic music and culture, all add up to a truly international festival of outstanding talent in 2006. The full roster of artists can be seen at www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whatson/atoz_artist.shtml.
PROMS SATURDAY MATINEES – Following the success of last season’s Proms Chamber Music series in its new venue at Cadogan Hall, we’re very pleased to launch a new series: four Saturday matinee concerts highlighting the music of this year’s anniversary composers Mozart and Shostakovich in performances by leading British chamber orchestras. Read more about the Saturday Matinees and all the other Proms Extras events at www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whatson/talks.shtml.
THE VOICE – This year, we’re inviting Prommers to sing at the Proms for the first time (officially!) as part of a day devoted to the human voice. We are undertaking our biggest and boldest creative project to date – calling on more than 800 amateur singers drawn from a wide variety of singing backgrounds, and including 100 Prommers, two symphony orchestras, two conductors and the professional choir The Shout. Together, in two separate concerts, they perform two versions of a new work by Orlando Gough with a text by renowned playwright Caryl Churchill. You can find out more and apply to participate at www.bbc.co.uk/proms/newhorizons/thevoice.shtml.
Friday’s mail
Do you see what I see?
YES it is THE LETTER!!!!
Tears flowed. Cats ran from the room (they are not sure what’s up when the human emits water). Exclamations of joy were uttered.
Going to Knitting Camp is a VERY GOOD THING and is very needed right about now. Even Martha would approve (i am sure).
And a call was made – Lovely Eleanor at that mecca, Schoolhouse Press, graciously ignored my blurbing on and on – apparently they are used to knitting fools at this time of year.
[I already got accepted so I can make a fool of myself now ]
[and there is a little time to calm down … its not til the beginning of July.]
Now to check out travel – from my little village on the Hudson to the middle of Wisconsin.
Oh dear!
And there’s homework!
What fun!
And the countdown begins…
Now you can go Knitting in the Dark instead of dancing…
ok, so maybe its a bad pun BUT can you believe these needles?!!
Go read the story – its pretty incredible – about how they were created. Its a REAL Hollywood story!
The Knit Lite needles are distributed by Clover Needlecraft, Inc. Available mid-May at La Knitterie Parisienne, and this summer at knitting and craft stores nationwide.
BBC Proms 2006
14th July – 9th September.Full details are announced.
BBC – Proms – Homepage.
ok, i am not by nature a patient person… this is hard. really. hard.
i am waiting to hear if i was selected for this – Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp.
for years, i thought of going and would get the postcard (you know the one that was sent in like january) and pin it up in a very visible place – like on my computer at work – and then each year i wouldnt send the application in .
why?
probaby cause i was scared of not being good enough = probably .
but this year, this year – i said i would do it . i promised myself that i would send it in – this is the year that i made big changes – remember – i moved to this little village, left park slope and my little tiny apartment to a small railroad apt (well, at least there are more than two rooms). and had my ear surgery. and well, if i was that brave – surely i could be a little bit more brave to compete the application.
and I DID!
Even handed it to my friendly postman – who is so nice especially since i get lots of packages (you know, ebay and all) and magazines (well, what can i say i love magazines ) – on April 6th. and told him how precious that letter was!
and
now
i
wait
the website and application say we should hear by may 1… thats MONDAY.
nothing in the mail yet….
hope springs eternal.
Knitting:
completed another square for Warming Grace and half way thru another one . these are addicting! i have two humongous projects – a shawl and shrug – that seem to not want to end and had forgotten what it was like to do little projects. they are reviving my knitting spirit greatly.
and i get so anxious when thinking of knitting a sweater for me – even though i am going to plunge in this weekend – i have to get over this insane fear of it not fitting – i know how to measure etc. and i have some really gorgeous yarn to use.
The wonderful studio recording was Sir Georg’s last of this Wagner masterpiece – and with Van Dam, Heppner and Mattila how can you go wrong? You can’t. (repeats on Saturday at 6 pm).
Richard Wagner – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performer: José Van Dam (Bass Baritone), René Pape (Bass), Ben Heppner (Tenor), Alan Opie (Baritone), Karita Mattila (Soprano), Herbert Lippert (Tenor), Iris Vermillion (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Release Date: 02/11/2003
Label: Decca Catalog #: 470800 Spars Code: DDD
*VOX is on XM Satellite radio available for online listening by subscription.
My uncle, Andre Dubus Jr. is being honoured this weekend in the first Literary Festival of Newburyport, Mass. Several of his children are participating including author Andre Dubus III (House of Sand and Fog) Info below.
From Daily News in Newburyport :
“Newburyport’s first Literary Festival kicks off tomorrow with more than 60 authors, illustrators and literary folks headed for Newburyport for two days of literary immersion. The festival boasts more than 40 events in and around downtown Newburyport tomorrow and Saturday, with writers of all forms, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s and young adult on the program. Organizers are projecting a turnout of as many as 3,000 people eager to hear such notables in the literary field as Pulitzer Prize-winner author Richard Russo and award-winning poet X.J. Kennedy to first-time novelists discuss their craft.
The festival pays tribute to late short story writer Andre Dubus Jr. of Haverhill.
Admission to all the events, with the exception of tomorrow’s opening-night dinner, is free. Visit here for schedule of events and lodging information.
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