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JOSEPH FENNIMORE
Berlitz: Introduction to French
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Berlitz: Introduction to French
Joyce Castle, mezzo, Joseph Fennimore, piano
Joseph Fennimore, composer
Inscape
Joyce Castle, mezzo, Joseph Fennimore, piano
Joseph Fennimore, composer
Six Songs
Karen Williams, soprano, Joseph Fennimore, piano
Joseph Fennimore, composer
Eventide
Karen Williams, soprano, Hillary Johnsson, mezzo, Philip Creech, tenor, Chelsea Chamber Ensemble, Timm Rolek, conductor
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Joseph Fennimore lives, composes and performs in the Albany, New York area. This release is the perfect introduction to his music. As the title suggests, Berlitz: Introduction to French has a text which is taken from the "Berlitz: French for Travelers." As a song cycle, the songs depict the adventures of an American tourist in France. As music, they show Fennimore's absolutely delightful sense of humor. Inscape is defined by Hopkins as the particularity and essence of any object or occasion discovered by the poet after keen emotional involvement and careful scrutiny. The Seven Songs of Inscape are not a cycle but a group of settings that sprang from Fennimore's admiration for Hopkins' poetry and sympathy with Hopkins' belief that our sorrows mainly spring from within, while joy is to be found in spiritual harmony with the beauties of the physical world. The settings were composed in 1973 and 1977. The Six Songs were composed in 1976, 1977 and 1984. Eventide is based on a short story of the same name by James Purdy. The composer adapted the libretto. The opera occurs during the interval from dusk to nightfall. The action takes place in a sitting room of a modest cottage in the depression South and tells a sad and poignant story of a mother's loss of her children; to death and circumstance.Contents:
Joseph Fennimore, composerBerlitz: Introduction to French
Joyce Castle, mezzo, Joseph Fennimore, piano
Joseph Fennimore, composer
Inscape
Joyce Castle, mezzo, Joseph Fennimore, piano
Joseph Fennimore, composer
Six Songs
Karen Williams, soprano, Joseph Fennimore, piano
Joseph Fennimore, composer
Eventide
Karen Williams, soprano, Hillary Johnsson, mezzo, Philip Creech, tenor, Chelsea Chamber Ensemble, Timm Rolek, conductor