Alonso Lobo: Versa est in luctum
Bevan Family Consort; Graham Ross, Conductor
(Yes, all the singers are related — first cousins.)
Ivo Antognini: Jubilate Deo
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Dr. Stephen Layton, Conductor
John Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Man
King’s College Choir
At some point I have a lot to write here. News, news, news! But not quite yet — that will wait until about September 10 or so, I think. I know I’ve been horribly negligent regarding updating anything about oboeinsight, and I’ve not done any posting aside from my Sunday music. But so it goes sometimes.
At the moment (and since our departure on June 28) Dan and I are traveling, and will continue to do so for quite a while. I will, in fact, be missing the first Opera San José production in September because they start rehearsals while I’m away and I decided it wasn’t fair to come back and attempt to play the opera on a couple of rehearsals after no playing oboe for ten weeks. And yes, I won’t have played: I don’t travel with an instrument. This time I’m not even traveling with a reed (I did that the last time). We travel light: carryon only no matter how many weeks we are out, and an oboe simply is a burden. (In oh-so-many-ways … HAH!)
Because we have house sitters we can blog, so if any oboeinsight readers are interested in our travels just hop on over to pmtravelingtimes and you’ll see photos and read a brief synopsis of each day (or sometimes two synopses). We are currently having our morning coffee as we sit in our lovely VRBO house in Lisbon. This is our final full day here.
Gustav Mahler: Es sungen drei Engel (transcription: Clytus Gottwald)
Voktett Hannover
Edward Elgar: The Spirit of the Lord
Sonoro Choir; Michael Higgins, Piano; Neil Ferris, Conductor
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because He hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor:
He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to preach the acceptable year of the Lord;
To give unto them that mourn a garland for ashes,
the oil of joy for mourning,
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called trees of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,
and as the garden causeth the things
that are sown in it to spring forth;
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring forth before all the nations.
(Luke 4.18-19, Isaiah 61.3, 11)
Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine
Collegium Musicale; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet; Endrik üksvärav
Anton Bruckner: Locus Iste
VOCES8
Ola Gjeilo: Ubi Caritas
Apollo5
William Byrd: Praise Our Lord
VOCES8
