The Sopranos
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
No, not the Mafia types (although singing sopranos might be even more formidable than the non-singing ones!). Tonight we're celebrating the birthdays of two wonderful singers: Dawn Upshaw and Eleanor Steber. Upshaw sings Golijov and Canteloube; Steber offers more traditional fare with Mozart and Berlioz.
Also, selections from Handel's "Water Music" — also "born" on this date in 1717 (Trevor Pinnock leads the English Concert). Finnish composer Jean Sibelius wrote lots of beloved music, but chose to forego composition during the last 30 years of his life. We'll hear his first effort in the symphonic genre: Osmo Vanska conducts the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius's Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
Also, selections from Handel's "Water Music" — also "born" on this date in 1717 (Trevor Pinnock leads the English Concert). Finnish composer Jean Sibelius wrote lots of beloved music, but chose to forego composition during the last 30 years of his life. We'll hear his first effort in the symphonic genre: Osmo Vanska conducts the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius's Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
