Emily, you might check out Gliere's Concerto for Soprano (recently
released on Joan Sutherland's La Stupenda 2-CD set) or consider the Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate - also in concerto form. Good luck.
Mark
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 emily0813@a... wrote:
> Hello, list! Long time lurker, first time poster.
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> I am currently taking a class on the history of the concerto (small school...
> I didn't have a whole lot of options.) Our final project is a 40 minute
> presentation on a concerto of our choosing. I am having a difficult time
> choosing a piece. Part of our presentation is to discuss performance practice
> and technique, etc., which I would have difficulty doing for any instrument
> other than voice (though I suppose I could fake it.) Based on the vast
> knowledge of repertoire that this list seems to have, I am wondering if
> anyone might have any suggestions as to something that might concievably work
> as a "vocal concerto"? My current selection is "Barber, Knoxville: Summer of
> 1915." While this piece is NOT remotely a concerto by any stretch of the
> imagination, my professor said I could do it if I thought I could make it
> work (and the more I look at it, the more I realize I can't.) If I have no
> other options, I'll probably choose a Bach cantata (or something like that),
> but I am more interested in something post 1800. Someone in our class once
> suggested Strauss's Four Last Songs? Any thoughts on that? Any suggestions or
> help would be appreciated!! Thanks so much!
> Emily
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