Tonight's In Concert performance, from 7.30pm, in which Maxime Pascal conducts The Salzburg Festival and Children's Choir, the Bavarian Radio Chorus and SWR Symphony Orchestra in this infrequently heard composer's rarely heard oratorio, written as a tribute to a France soon to experience Nazi occupation. This is indeed a rare treat: Honegger rose magnificently to the historic situation in writing one of his most moving and powerful works.
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A work to which I was originally introduced by Ozawa'a English language recording with Vera Zorina on CBS LPs.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
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It's "bûcher", not "bücher"!Comment
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So it is - my mis-Stake! My eyesight is not as good as it once was!Originally posted by RichardB View PostComment
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Didn’t realise that bûcher can also mean to slog away at book reading ..Originally posted by RichardB View PostComment
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How do you like your stake? In the case of Radio 3's listing for BBC Sounds, there is no stake or bûcher. It's "Honeggers_Joan_of_Arc_from_the_Salzburg_Festi val"Originally posted by RichardB View Post
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Just seeing what happens to the space when it's quoted.Originally posted by Bryn View PostHow do you like your stake? In the case of Radio 3's listing for BBC Sounds, there is no stake or bûcher. It's "Honeggers_Joan_of_Arc_from_the_Salzburg_Festi val"
[Hmm. The Forum software seems to have inserted a space between the "i" and "v" of "Festival", and it won't edit out].
The name Vera Zorina, narrator in your Ozawa version, seemed familiar: a search showed that she's the narrator in Stravinsky's Perséphone (hope that accent works
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She also recorded Joan of Arc at the Stake earlier, with Ormandy (in mono). My first encounter with her recordings was of Debussy's Chansons de Bilitis (not the Trois Chansons but the Musique de scène with the celesta part reconstructed by Boulez, and Hindemith's Hérodiade de Stéphane MallarméOriginally posted by Pulcinella View PostJust seeing what happens to the space when it's quoted.
The name Vera Zorina, narrator in your Ozawa version, seemed familiar: a search showed that she's the narrator in Stravinsky's Perséphone (hope that accent works); perhaps that's not surprising.Comment
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