Must Have Festival 2006: Contest Winner
Sunday, December 10, 2006
And the winner is...Ricky Ian Gordon! Ricky is a composer of unusual scope. He is equally at home writing for the concert hall, opera, dance, theater and film and his songs and song cycles have been performed, as well as recorded, by many internationally acclaimed singers. Past highlights of Ricky Ian Gordon’s all-encompassing career to date include: Only Heaven, with a libretto by Langston Hughes, recorded on PS Classics; Stonewall/ Night Variations, States of Independence, and Autumn Valentine, the latter to texts by Dorothy Parker. Listen to Ricky's winning essay tonight and find out what recordings he can't live without as the Must Have Festival concludes on WNYC.
Ricky Ian Gordon's Picks
Mahler - Kindertotenlieder and Songs of a Wayfarer (Dame Janet Baker)
Britten - Peter Grimes (Pears/Britten recording)
Britten - Death in Venice (Pears recording)
Bach - St. Matthew Passion (Otto Klemperer conducting)
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 14 (Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra)
Barber - Vanessa (original recording)
Britten - Peter Grimes (Pears/Britten recording)
Britten - Death in Venice (Pears recording)
Bach - St. Matthew Passion (Otto Klemperer conducting)
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 14 (Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra)
Barber - Vanessa (original recording)
Links
Must Have Festival 2006: Visit the festival page for a complete list of guests and picks
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