Karen,
In my Peter's edition, the Et exultavit is listed as a mezzo-soprano solo.
I suppose that tag might have been added later. The Esurientes is listed as
an alto solo. Personally, I don't care what they call the singers in the
Magnificat, I just love to listen to them.
David Grogan
East Texas Baptist University
Marshall, Texas
Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.
~Josh Billings~
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Mercedes" <dalila@R...>
From: "Karen Mercedes" <dalila@R...>
To: "Mike & Vicki Bryant" <mbryant@f...>
To: "Mike & Vicki Bryant" <mbryant@f...>
Cc: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [vocalist] The no man's land of mezzo-soprano (was Mozart for
contraltos)
> I've always thought it interesting that one of the non-soprano female
> solos in Bach's MAGNIFICAT in D is for "Soprano II" (Et exultavit) and the
> other is for "Alto" (Esurientes). IN Bach terms, the "Soprano II" is
> usually the one who sings the lower soprano line in a soprano duet, or the
> middle line in a trio like "Suscepit Israel" form the same work. I think,
> perhaps, in oratorio terms you are a Soprano II and not an Alto, and
> should be trying to find the (few) solos for Soprano II in that
> repertoire.
>
> That said, most of the performances of Bach's MAGNIFICAT I've attended
> have had the same soloist sing both "Et Exultavit" and "Esurientes", and I
> do both of these arias myself, because I can't distinguish a signficant
> difference in tessitura between them.
>
> KM
> =====
> My NEIL SHICOFF Website:
> http://www.radix.net/~dalila/shicoff/shicoff.html
>
> My Website:
> http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
>
> -----
> We're sitting in the opera house;
> We're waiting for the curtain to arise
> With wonders for our eyes,
> A feeling of expectancy,
> A certain kind of ecstasy,
> Expectancy and ecstasy....Sh's's's.
>
> - Charles Ives
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>
|
|  |
