Susan Graham, mezzo soprano, & Paul Groves, tenor, sang Mahler's Songs of the Earth at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Mahler titled this 65 minute piece as "Symphony for Tenor & Alto Voice and Orchestra", and this is a great description. The voices & orchestra are perfectly melded . Both voices in this performance were well suited for this wonderful music. I generally prefer sopranos to mezzo's, but Graham's gorgeous voice is my favorite mezzo. Her singing tonight was sonic ambrosia. Grove's clear tenor was exactly what this music called for, he deserves a wider audience.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Songs of the Earth
Susan Graham, mezzo soprano, & Paul Groves, tenor, sang Mahler's Songs of the Earth at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Mahler titled this 65 minute piece as "Symphony for Tenor & Alto Voice and Orchestra", and this is a great description. The voices & orchestra are perfectly melded . Both voices in this performance were well suited for this wonderful music. I generally prefer sopranos to mezzo's, but Graham's gorgeous voice is my favorite mezzo. Her singing tonight was sonic ambrosia. Grove's clear tenor was exactly what this music called for, he deserves a wider audience.
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