SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2007 AT 8:00PM
Basically British X: Across the English Channel
Elza van den Heever, soprano; Eugen Brancoveanu, baritone; Matthew O'Neill, tenor; John Parr, piano
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne by Britten; Let Us Garlands Bring by Finzi; Schéhérazade and Don Quichotte à Dulcinée by Ravel; selected songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Chronicle critic Joshua Kosman lyricized over Tony Award winning baritone Eugen Brancoveanu's "phenomenally resonant voice" in the same review in which he characterized soprano Elza van den Heever simply as "brilliant." Tonight they are joined by Minneapolis opera's gift to San Francisco, tenor Matthew O'Neill, and Bay Area piano accompanist nonpareil John Parr, in "Across the English Channel," the 10th in our Basically British series, performing songs by Britain’s three definitive 20th century composers, and Vaughan Williams’ teacher, Ravel.
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Basically British X: Across the English Channel
Elza van den Heever, soprano; Eugen Brancoveanu, baritone; Matthew O'Neill, tenor; John Parr, piano
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne by Britten; Let Us Garlands Bring by Finzi; Schéhérazade and Don Quichotte à Dulcinée by Ravel; selected songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Chronicle critic Joshua Kosman lyricized over Tony Award winning baritone Eugen Brancoveanu's "phenomenally resonant voice" in the same review in which he characterized soprano Elza van den Heever simply as "brilliant." Tonight they are joined by Minneapolis opera's gift to San Francisco, tenor Matthew O'Neill, and Bay Area piano accompanist nonpareil John Parr, in "Across the English Channel," the 10th in our Basically British series, performing songs by Britain’s three definitive 20th century composers, and Vaughan Williams’ teacher, Ravel.
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