October 15, 2004

*deep sigh of relief*

Sorry about the low post rate, guys. I had family visiting, plus a paper due for Bible Doctrines, plus an Artist Series I was required to attend. Busy week = no blogging.

The Artist Series was actually pretty good. They had a tenor by the name of Paul Groves come and sing some songs. A little Liszt, a little Rachmaninov, some Gabriel Fauré (composer of that #1 jam from the 19th century, Le papillon et la fleur), and some weird post-modernist Englishman by the name of Benjamin Britten. Oh, and a couple of arias and a Broadway song thrown in for good measure. But his encore was by far the best song of the evening, because it was in English and because it was not post-modern. Thanks to Google and Amazon, I found out that it's from the operetta The New Moon, and the song is entitled "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise." The song ends:

For the passions that thrill, love, and lift you high to heaven

Are the passions that kill, love, and let you fall to hell

So ends the story;

Softly as in a evening sunset

The light that gave you glory

Will take it all away!

Groves himself: According to the Collegian, our state-run university newspaper, he went to Juilliard and has sung at major opera houses throughout the world (Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, and someplace in Italy called La Scala). So he can sing pretty well.

I enjoyed it. I would have preferred to be revising my Bible Doctrines paper with him in the background, but still, he was very good.

(If you want to hear what this guy sounds like, go here and listen to the track entitled Act 2: Unis Des La Plus Tendre Enfance - Paul Groves.)

Posted by Blog Jones at October 15, 2004 02:02 PM | Category: BJU Stuff

Comments

Have you heard much Josh Groban or Andrea Boceli? They are fantastic singers too...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000CFW87/ref=pd_sim_music_2/103-2819462-8738261?v=glance&s=classical

and

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00002ND9N/qid=1097943536/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/103-2819462-8738261?v=glance&s=classical

Posted by: Jonathan at October 16, 2004 12:19 PM

I'd heard Groban before, I think on some video on AOL. I remember his rendition of Starry, Starry Night being particularly good.

I'd heard Boceli's name, but never actually heard him. Wow. He's pretty good too.

And they're both on iTunes. Handy!

Posted by: Blog Jones at October 16, 2004 02:01 PM
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