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FULL Evidence of Things Not Seen (Ned Rorem) Edmond OK 2021 André Chiang, Rob Glaubitz, April Golliver-Mohiuddin, Catherine McDaniel
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Evidence of Things Not Seen
- Composer: Rorem Ned
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond, Oklahoma, University of Central Oklahoma
- Recorded: November 2, 2011
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: André Chiang, Rob Glaubitz, April Golliver-Mohiuddin, Catherine McDaniel, Jeff Picón, Steve Sanders, Autumn West, Olivia Yokers
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Megan Barth Argo, Megan Clewell, Jan McDaniel, PIANO
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: André Chiang
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Rorem wrote the large-scale song cycle Evidence of Things Not Seen, described as his “masterwork” by Daniel Lewis in the Times.
A deeply personal work, the composition included settings of 36 texts by 24 poets, split into three larger sections:
“Beginnings” for optimistic and forward-looking songs,
“Middles” exploring coming of age and the devastation of war, as well as the final
“Ends” that concerns death, particularly Rorem’s friends killed by AIDS.
With an hour and a half duration, it called for a soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone with piano accompaniment. The music critic Peter G. Davis called it “one of the musically richest, most exquisitely fashioned, most voice-friendly collections of songs”, while Rorem himself lauded it as his best work.Quoted from Wikipedia
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