Classical Music Discoveries

For an introduction, being thankful forces the fullness of all the good things we desire in our lives: compassion, joy, hope, love, and generosity. This overflow allows us to stop the endless striving, slow down, and become deeply present with God, with those we love, and with ourselves. That's why I choose this song. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/abnercaraballosings/ Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

The 34th Season of La Musica International Chamber Music Festival has been canceled, however, the music still lives on! Members of our CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans perform - Barber: Adagio for Strings Saint-Saens: Fantasy for Violin and Harp, Op. 124 Debussy: Dances Sacred and Profane Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114 "Trout" For more information about La Musica, please visit their website at LaMusicaFestival.org Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

Sylvia, originally Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane, is a full-length ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed by Louis Mérante to music by Léo Delibes in 1876. Sylvia is a typical classical ballet in many respects, yet it has many interesting features that make it unique. Sylvia is notable for its mythological Arcadian setting, creative choreographies, expansive sets and, above all, its remarkable score. The ballet's origins are in Tasso's 1573 play Aminta, which provides the basic plot of Delibes' work. Jules Barbier and Baron de Reinach adapted this for the Paris Opera. The piano arrangement was composed in 1876 and the orchestral suite was done in 1880. When Sylvia premiered on Wednesday, June 14, 1876, at the Palais Garnier, it went largely unnoticed. In fact, the first seven productions of Sylvia were not commercially successful. It was the 1952 revival, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton, that popularized the ballet. Ashton's success set the stage for the 1997, 2004, 2005 and 2009 productions, all of which were based on his 1952 choreography. Dominique Beaulieu, conductor CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

Coppélia or, The Girl With The Enamel Eyes is a comic ballet originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter. Nuitter's libretto and mise-en-scène was based upon two stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann: Der Sandmann (The Sandman). Coppélia premiered on 25 May 1870 at the Théâtre Impérial l'Opéra, with the 16-year-old Giuseppina Bozzacchi in the principal role of Swanhilda and ballerina Eugénie Fiocre playing the part of Frantz en travestie. The costumes were designed by Paul Lormier and Alfred Albert, the scenery by Charles-Antoine Cambon (Act I, scene 1; Act II, scene 1), and Édouard Desplechin and Jean-Baptiste Lavastre. Dominique Beaulieu, conductor CMD Philharmonic of Paris in Orleans Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

An update to our previous show on the COVID-19 experience in our town of Cedar City, Utah. Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #PODCASTINGCOVID @podomatic #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

Spirit of the Great Bear was written to help people breathe and relax a bit during these pandemic times. For synth, classical guitar and native flute this song is a huge departure from Greg's catalog but he was compelled to write. He has always been a fan of R. Carlos Nakai and the peaceful sounds of American native music. May this work bring you some peace if only for a few minutes. Repeat as necessary. Now available for purchase at: Spirit of the Great Bear https://music.apple.com/us/album/spirit-of-the-great-bear-single/1511677038 Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

Lakmé is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. The score, written from 1881–1882, was first performed on 14 April 1883 by the Opéra-Comique at the (second) Salle Favart in Paris, with stage decorations designed by Auguste Alfred Rubé and Philippe Chaperon (Act I), Eugène Louis Carpezat and (Joseph-)Antoine Lavastre (Act II), and Jean-Baptiste Lavastre (Act III). Set in British India in the mid-19th century, Lakmé is based on Théodore Pavie's story "Les babouches du Brahamane" and novel Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti. The opera includes the popular Flower Duet (Sous le dôme épais) for a soprano and mezzo-soprano, performed in Act 1 by Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika. The name Lakmé is the French rendition of Sanskrit Lakshmi, the name of the Hindu Goddess of Wealth. The opera's most famous aria is the Bell Song (L'Air des clochettes) in Act 2. In contrast to other French operas of the period, such as Bizet's The Pearl Fishers and Massenet's Le roi de Lahore. Lakmé does more than simply capture the ambience of the Orient seen through Western eyes. The subject of the opera - which has a contemporary setting - is in fact the colonialism of the British army in India, focusing on their poor attitudes towards Indian cultural systems and the Hindu religion. It was suggested by Gondinet as a vehicle for the American soprano Marie van Zandt. Dominique Beaulieu, conductor CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orlean and Chorus Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. This broadcast is also available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/JfV8r34oFdk @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

The 34th Season of La Musica International Chamber Music Festival has been canceled, however, the music still lives on! Members of our CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice perform - Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1 Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet in E-flat minor, Op. 26, No. 2 Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18 For more information about La Musica, please visit their website at LaMusicaFestival.org Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

Grammy-winning choir The Crossing, led by Donald Nally, releases their newest recording – Michael Gordon’s Anonymous Man – on Cantaloupe Music. Scored for 24 unaccompanied voices, Anonymous Man is an hour-long piece on history, home, and homelessness that expands on Michael Gordon’s inventive approach to composition, layering minimalistic swirls of vocal sound on top of one another to create a hypnotic incantation. The nine-movement work was commissioned by The Crossing and premiered by the group on July 1, 2017 at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, as a part of The Month of Moderns, The Crossing’s annual summer festival of new music. Michael Gordon regards Anonymous Man as one of his most important and personal works, drawing inspiration for the piece from his neighborhood in lower Manhattan. Now a residential area in Tribeca, the block Gordon was at the time an industrial warehouse district when he moved into the former Romanoff Caviar factory in 1981. He says, “When I moved into my loft on Desbrosses Street, the streets were empty, since few people lived there. But both then and now, there were the homeless. Over time the neighborhood changed from an industrial warehouse district to a residential area. Anonymous Man is a memoir about my block. The piece is built around my memories of moving in, meeting my future wife for the first time there, and conversations I have had with two homeless men who made their home on the loading dock across the street.” Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

New York pianist-composer Jane Leslie has created her own signature 'crossover' style, blending elements of classical and popular music with beautiful melodies that convey a sense of peace, and touch the heart of the listener. She has been honored with several ASCAP Awards for her music, and holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Juilliard School, and a Doctoral degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Her recordings of her original piano music can be heard on radio stations and podcasts, and are available on all the major music streaming sites. We will be hearing Jane Leslie's piano solo called “Floating,” which was recently released as a single recording. “Floating" will also be part of her upcoming album “Ocean Suite,” which will be featured on this podcast when it is released in the near future. Jane has created a music video for “Floating” which can be found on her YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/JaneLeslieMusic. More information can also be found on her website at www.janelesliemusic.com, and her Facebook page www.facebook.com/JaneLeslieMusic. https://www.janelesliemusic.com https://open.spotify.com/artist/1KpZ7MOliw4Iez8SrmWCne https://youtube.com/janelesliemusic https://facebook.com/janelesliemusic Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

La fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) is an opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard. It was first performed on 11 February 1840 by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse. The opera was written by Donizetti while he was living in Paris between 1838 and 1840 preparing a revised version of his then-unperformed Italian opera, Poliuto, as Les martyrs for the Paris Opéra. Since Martyrs was delayed, the composer had time to write the music for La fille du régiment, his first opera set to a French text, as well as to stage the French version of Lucia di Lammermoor as Lucie de Lammermoor. La fille du régiment quickly became a popular success partly because of the famous aria "Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!", which requires the tenor to sing no fewer than eight high Cs – a frequently sung ninth is not written. La figlia del reggimento, a slightly different Italian-language version (in translation by Calisto Bassi), was adapted to the tastes of the Italian public. Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber

The 34th Season of La Musica International Chamber Music Festival has been canceled, however, the music still lives on! Members of our CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice perform - Beethoven: Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 Kodaly: Serenade, Op. 12 Dvorak: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 87 For more information about La Musica, please visit their website at LaMusicaFestival.org #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #ClassicalMusicLivesOn

We were asked by PodOmatic to provide our experience with Covid-19 by answering the following questions: 1. What are the conditions like in your area? 2. What precautions have you taken/seen taken? 3. Advice on how/where to get tested. 4. Updates on store/event closures in your area. 5. How you are passing the time in isolation? 6. How to stay positive and help others. 7. Your story! We also have updates on: La Musica International Chamber Music Festival In Jubilo Women's Choir Southern Utah Handbell Choir Jane Leslie #PODCASTINGCOVID @podomatic

Due to the Coronavirus, La Musica's 34th Season has been cancelled. For more information, please visit their website at LaMusicaFestival.org or call their Box Office at 941.366.8450 x 7 You may also email at info@lamusicafestival.org If you have purchased tickets, we hope you will consider your ticket purchase as a donation to help them overcome the tremendous expenses they have already incurred.

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