Wednesday afternoon I was in a meeting with members of the department to which I proudly belong, External Affairs, or XAff as it will heretofore be referred to in the blog, and the voice came over the office speaker. "That's her," Adam Crane said. And the rest of us said, "Mmmmhmmm." Christine Brewer rehearsing Strauss' Four Last Songs with the orchestra. A friend of mine, who knows these things very well, once said that this is one of the few works that often sounds better on recording, because it calls for such vocal subtlety that few singers can perform it appropriately in a concert hall. I think he's right. I can maybe count on one hand how many singers can make it real live. Brewer is one of them.
Meanwhile, don't forget to vote to help bring money to our SymphonyCares program. Again. Today. And every day through January 29: http://www.monsanto.com/stlouis/Pages/grow-STL-contest-voting-form.aspx?v=131.
Thank you.
Thank you.
