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FULL IN THE BEGINNING (Copland) Paderborn 2022 Almuth Herbst
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: In The Beginning
- Composer: Copland Aaron
- Libretto: Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Marktkirche in Paderborn, Germany
- Recorded: September 23, 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Almuth Herbst
- Conductor: Nicolas Fink
- Orchestra:
- Chorus: WDR Rundfunkchor
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: WDR Klassik
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from Wikipedia:
In the Beginning is a 1947 choral work by Aaron Copland to a text from the Book of Genesis chapter 1:1 to 2:7. The 15’–20′ minute long work is for mixed four-part chorus a capella and soprano or mezzo-soprano solo. The work is evocative of the Hebrew davening and shows the influence of polytonality with references to jazz and blues. In the Beginning was composed for Harvard University’s Symposium on Music Criticism in May 1947. The premiere was performed by the Collegiate Chorale at the Harvard Memorial Church, Cambridge on 2 May of that year, conducted by Robert Shaw.
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