Dear friends. Carolyn and I would like to offer a song a day to perhaps ease some of the anxiety we all share at the moment. Not everyone has the luck to be in isolation with their musical partner, as we do. This is the first instalment of our little contribution; our “Wish-concert”. We will try to present songs you “wish” for us to sing. Pick a hymn, an art song, an aria, a broadway tune, a spiritual, a folk song… you get the idea. First come first served. One “wish” per friend. We will do our best to bring it to life. Enjoy and stay healthy everyone. Russell, Carolyn, Schubert and v. Schober “An die Musik”
Our recorded requests so far:
1. Liebst du um Schönheit (Mahler/Rückert), Gwenna Fairchild-Taylor
2. Wade in the water (arr. W. Menefield/African American spiritual) Elaine Rusk
3. Stars (A. Boublil/C-M Schönberg) Larry Larson
4. Es muss ein Wunderbares sein (Liszt/Redwitz) Meredith Hall
5. Oh Danny boy (arr.John Lawrence Greer/E. Weatherly), Kinza Tyrrell Schmidt-Paborn,Suzanne Ropitzky
6. Romance (C. Debussy/P. Bourget) Jacques Arsenault
7. Zueignungen (R. Strauss/H. v. Gilm) Lilian Kilianski,Mark Ruhnke,Sue Mortimer
8. Pierrot’s Tanzlied (E. Korngold/P. Schott) Marie Bérard
9. I am the pirate king (A. Sullivan/W. S. Gilbert) Krisztina Szabo,Laurie Farrow Reviol
10. Fussreise (H. Wolf/E. Mörike) Lori Klassen
11. Morgen (R. Strauss/J. H. Mackay) Joseph So, Daniel Ohlmann
12. Somewhere over the rainbow (H. Arlen/Y. Harburg) Sandy Woodworth
13. Nimm sie hin denn… (L. v. Beethoven/ A. I. Jeitteles) Zak Read
14. The call (R. Vaughan Williams/G. Herbert) Joe Cairns (Pat Kern, Nadya Smukler-Lawson)
15. Fragile (Sting) Diane Murray-Charrett (huge thanks to Chris Cigolea for playing and editing)
16. And her mother came too (I. Novello/D. Titheradge) Kajsa Klassen
17. Widmung (R. Schumann/E. Mörike) Rose Thomson, Annemarie Christie,
Clarence Frazer, 18. Im Abendrot (F. Schubert/C. Lappe) Mom (Eraine Schwing Braun)
19. Les Berceaux (G. Fauré/A. Sully-Prudhomme) Laurie Farrow Reviol
20. Sea Fever (J. Ireland/J. Masefield) Wil van Dijk, Walter van Dyk, Irma Luebbe
21. O, Du mein holder Abendstern (R. Wagner) Astrid Schikorra, Geoffrey Butler
22. O vin, dissipe la tristesse (A. Thomas/W. Shakespeare… Carré & Barbier) Emilio Paul Fina
23. You’ll never walk alone (R. Rodgers/O. Hammerstein) Paula M Rockwell,Gideon Zelermyer,Ingrid Martin
24. Bring him home (A. Boublil/C-M Schönberg) Steve Dillabough,Leslie Hoyle,Bill Elgie
25. The infinite shining heavens (R. Vaughan Williams/R. L. Stevenson) Jackie Short,Elizabeth Forster,Anne-Marie MacIntosh, Lena Hellström-Färnlöf
26. Mondnacht (R. Schumann/H. Heine) Tracy Smith Bessette
27. Intermezzo (R. Schumann/H. Heine) Olivier Bergeron
28. Chanson romanesque (M. Ravel/P. Moran) Joanne Kolomyjec
29. Johanna (S. Sondheim) Olwyn Lewis
30. O mistress mine (G. Finzi/W. Shakespeare) Wendy Nielsen
31. Ich grolle nicht (R. Schumann/H. Heine) Robert Cooper,Serouj Kradjian
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