Violinists Natalie Lin and Gerald Harris, violist Courtney Bonifant and cellist Rachel Bernstein skillfully set up the seaside ambiance for Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach (poem by Matthew Arnold).
Though he consulted a crib sheet in his palm from time to time, Doss proclaimed their texts with great sensitivity.Īn ensemble of Music Settlement faculty and guests joined the singer for two extended works during the concert. Leslie Adams was in the audience to hear three selections from his Nightsongs, the “Prayer” (Langston Hughes), “Heart of a Woman” (Georgia Douglas Johnson) and “Night Song” (Clarissa Scott Delany), attractive, lyrical pieces in a French romantic style. Maddox did fine work both with orchestral reductions and original piano parts, though his contributions were muted by a fully closed piano lid.Ĭomposer H. His lyrical singing of the Tchaikovsky chestnut was gorgeous, and his acting in the two Mephistopheles songs was hilarious. If he sometimes seemed to be projecting to the back seats at the Vienna State Opera instead of singing in a big living room at The Settlement, it was enthralling to experience the power of his voice in a much smaller space.Īlthough he’s most engaging in operatic selections - “Die Frist ist um” from Wagner’s Der fliegender Holländer, and “Son lo spirito” from Boito’s Mefistofele - Doss also created dramatic scenes from Ravel’s Chansons de Don Quichotte à Dulcinée and a set of Russian songs by Gliinka ( Nochnoi Smotr, Midnight Review), Tchaikovsky ( Nyet Tolko Tot, None but the Lonely Heart) and Mussorgsky ( Pesnja Mefistofelja, Song of the Flea). Whether the music calls for a strong and focused or a floated and velvety sound, his timbre is consistent from the top to the bottom of his range, and he infuses each piece with dramatic character, not so much singing to his audience as drawing them in to a meaningful, temporary world. Doss has the kind of voice you could listen to for hours. Friends, colleagues and fans packed the L-shaped recital hall on Sunday to hear Doss sing art songs, opera arias, two cantatas with instruments and a set of spirituals with the expert collaboration of pianist Jerry Maddox. Now an international opera star who has performed fifty-five roles in more than sixty houses, Doss only began studying voice at the age of 21 after he went off to seminary in Indiana. His solo recital on December 9 in Glick Recital Hall was offered as part of the Settlement’s ongoing centennial celebrations. Doss returned to his hometown last weekend for a Friday evening concert with The Singers’ Club, who joined with The Music Settlement to present the bass-baritone in a second event on Sunday afternoon. representation of William Lingard's dress seems to echo the earnest sentiment of the lyrics from this "great character song:" "On the beach at Long Branch, one fine sum-mers day, / I met this handsome man / who stole my heart a-way / Now I feel so bliss-ful / the hap-py mo-ments glide, / The day is quick-ly com-ing / when I shall be his bride." The rear cover features the lengthy Bulletin of new and popular music, vocal and instrumental, from New York's Pond & Co., with dozens of works individually listed and priced.Mark S. The incredible texture captured in Major & Knapp Eng.
The imprint identifies dealers in New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Milwaukee. This copy issued from the plain version of the edition, with a coloured one apparently also issued. Contents sewn disbound from earlier collection: pages of music with lyrics, with advertisements to both recto and verso of rear cover this last leaf now loose.
#SAMUEL BARBER DOVER BEACH SHEET MUSIC FULL#
Illustrated cover (34 cm.) features full length portrait of William Lingard, after photograph of him costumed in drag.
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