Rob Kapilow Gives Mozart’s Requiem a New Vision

Par Raisa Massuda, 12 avril 2011

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Critique faite à Kennedy Center: Concert Hall, Washington, le 10 avril 2011

Mozart, Requiem en ré mineur, K626

The Choral Arts Society of Washington

Rob Kapilow, Récitant

Norman Scribner, Direction

Elizabeth Keusch, Soprano

Laura zuiderveen, Mezzo-soprano

Paul Austin Kelly, Ténor

Kevin Deas, Basse

An opening concert of contrasts in Washington DC

David Rohde, 3rd October

A good audience turnout for the opening of Noseda's third NSO season justifies an all-20th-century program centering on Carl Orff's popular and direct setting of medieval poems about real life and fate, but also presenting gentler works of religious reflection.

****1

Holy Schmitt! Choral Arts thrills with Schmitt's Psalm 47

Phillip Nones, 19th May

A concert featuring noteworthy choral works by Gabriel Fauré and his students Florent Schmitt and Lili Boulanger brings the fascinating musical milieu of turn-of-the-century Paris to life.

*****

A dynamic Carmina Burana at Wolf Trap

Phillip Nones, 28th July

Torrential downpours and the croaking of consumptive frogs fail to dampen spirits at Wolf Trap's National Symphony Orchestra concert featuring pianist Seong-Jin Cho, JoAnn Falletta and a massive community chorus.

****1

Sprawling Mahler 3 at the Kennedy

Hilary Stroh, 5th November

Big moments, largely conceived, but somewhat lacking in overall unity.

***11

Summer migration for Emerging Artists at Wolf Trap

Hilary Stroh, 7th August

Emerging talent to watch in Wolf Trap's summer production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

Porgy and Bess à Odyssud

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 19th March

La célèbre mais parfois controversée œuvre de Georges Gershwin, composée en 1935, s’arrêtait pour une semaine de représentation à Odyssud avec l’orchestre, les solistes et le chœur du New York Harlem Theater.

****1

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Raisa Massuda

A firm believer in the importance of music at any age, Raisa teaches Opera Appreciation Seminars in a Senior Center in Baltimore, MD. She has launched a Live Opera for Seniors series, allowing her low-income students to study and attend free. Raisa is the author of a music and opera blog called Mandolin Vision.