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Getting ready for Letters to Fred. Here’s a short clip from our rehearsal last night, it’s the end of the last letter from Fred’s aunt Hilda.
Letters to Fred: A Portrait of the Herzberg Family During the Holocaust
Music by Bracha Bdil, letters compiled and […]
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Matt DeMello - Confetti in a Coalmine
@themattsdemello.bsky.social
"irreverence, absolute disdain, and jaunty theatrics"
#bandcampcodes #progpop #genrejumping #songcycle #music
getmusic.fm/l/1DuAsi
"Make Me Smile" is a song written by #JamesPankow for the rock band #Chicago with the band's guitarist, #TerryKath, on #leadVocals. Part 1 of Pankow's 7-part "#BalletForAGirlInBuchannon" #songCycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album.
"Colour My World" is a song written by #American musician #JamesPankow, one of the founding members of the #rock/#jazzFusion band #Chicago. Part of Pankow's "#BalletForAGirlInBuchannon" #songCycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album Chicago, also called Chicago II (1970).
Matt DeMello - Confetti in a Coalmine
@themattsdemello.bsky.social
"irreverence, absolute disdain, and jaunty theatrics"
#bandcampcodes #progpop #genrejumping #songcycle #music
getmusic.fm/l/XxZ1Gr
Record of the Day:
A perfect summer record
#MusicSky #XTC #VinylSky #ProducedByToddRundgren #VinylRecords #SongCycle #VinylCommunity #PopRock #DesertIslandDisc
"Colour My World" is a song written by #American musician #JamesPankow, one of the founding members of the #rock/#jazzFusion band #Chicago. Part of Pankow's "#BalletForAGirlInBuchannon" #songCycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album Chicago, also called Chicago II (1970).
Recently, the world premiere of my Fisherman Songs—seven eclectic songs for baritone and piano was performed by baritone Christopher Herbert and pianist Timothy Long at the Rites of Spring Music Fest on the North Fork of Long Island. on.soundcloud.com/6yVpzAk9rTOE... #song #songcycle #artsong
"Make Me Smile" is a song written by #JamesPankow for the rock band #Chicago with the band's guitarist, #TerryKath, on #leadVocals. Part 1 of Pankow's 7-part "#BalletForAGirlInBuchannon" #songCycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album.
Catch the premiere of my song cycle Fisherman Songs on
Sunday, June 8, 2025 at 5pm
Poquatuck Hall
1160 Village Lane, Orient, NY 11957
Featuring:
Christopher Herbert, baritone
Timothy Long, pianist
#songcycle #contemporaryclassicalmusic #ritesofspringmusicfestival #fishing
Matt DeMello - Confetti in a Coalmine
@themattsdemello.bsky.social
"irreverence, absolute disdain, and jaunty theatrics"
#bandcampcodes #progpop #genrejumping #songcycle #music
getmusic.fm/l/bZZAdj
Catch the premiere of my song cycle Fisherman Songs on
Sunday, June 8, 2025 at 5pm
Poquatuck Hall
1160 Village Lane, Orient, NY 11957
Featuring:
Christopher Herbert, baritone
Timothy Long, pianist
#songcycle #contemporaryclassicalmusic #ritesofspringmusicfestival
"Make Me Smile" is a song written by #JamesPankow for the rock band #Chicago with the band's guitarist, #TerryKath, on #leadVocals. Part 1 of Pankow's 7-part "#BalletForAGirlInBuchannon" #songCycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album.
I like mandolin - here’s a song cycle for mandolin, soprano and kazoo - texts by Charles Bukowski - that’s me on the mandolin:
#mandolin #kazoo #charlesbukowski #songcycle
#composition #composer #originalmusic
youtu.be/PPfNcZ1acWo?...
From a “Letters to Fred” review:
“We are witnessing in real time similar events to those that occurred in Germany 90 years ago. This work, like all other stories from the Holocaust, should serve as a stark warning to all of us that the horrors will never be a thing of the past unless we keep […]
Matt DeMello - Confetti in a Coalmine
@themattsdemello.bsky.social
"irreverence, absolute disdain, and jaunty theatrics"
#bandcampcodes #progpop #genrejumping #songcycle #music
getmusic.fm/l/p84rqS
Song Cycle by Van Dyke Parks on vinyl
I really don’t know how to best describe this album. It’s incredible but definitely weird. It definitely wasn’t an album I got on my first go but something about it kept me coming back. 17 years after my first listen and I still hear new bits.
#vandykeparks #songcycle #recordcollection #vinyl
![Screenshot from the Lippische Landes-Zeitung website. On the left a close-up of a dark-haired woman with red lipstick (Megan Marie Hart, photo: Jo Herzberg, CC BY-SA 4.0), on the right yellow and white text on dark gray in German:
Erinnern & Gedenken
Darmstädter Theater vertont „Letters to Fred“ und erinnert an Detmolder Familie Herzberg
Das Stück feierte schon Ende Januar anlässlich des Holocaust-Gedenktages seine Premiere. Angestoßen wurde das Auftragswerk der Komponistin Bracha Bdil durch die Initiative von Sängerin und Detmolder Theaterpreisträgerin Megan Marie Hart und Joanne Herzberg.
26. Februar 2025
[The piece celebrated its premiere at the end of January on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The commissioned work by composer Bracha Bdil was initiated by singer and Detmold Theater Prize winner Megan Marie Hart and Joanne Herzberg.
February 26, 2025]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l5ufs2r5mpytns2fsmg52ujz/bafkreicpvcjjtl4gldwnxdahnbnpo2kssmmsbd6nkctujrmufhviw3aw44)
Screenshot from the Lippische Landes-Zeitung website. On the left a close-up of a dark-haired woman with red lipstick (Megan Marie Hart, photo: Jo Herzberg, CC BY-SA 4.0), on the right yellow and white text on dark gray in German: Erinnern & Gedenken Darmstädter Theater vertont „Letters to Fred“ und erinnert an Detmolder Familie Herzberg Das Stück feierte schon Ende Januar anlässlich des Holocaust-Gedenktages seine Premiere. Angestoßen wurde das Auftragswerk der Komponistin Bracha Bdil durch die Initiative von Sängerin und Detmolder Theaterpreisträgerin Megan Marie Hart und Joanne Herzberg. 26. Februar 2025 [The piece celebrated its premiere at the end of January on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The commissioned work by composer Bracha Bdil was initiated by singer and Detmold Theater Prize winner Megan Marie Hart and Joanne Herzberg. February 26, 2025]
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Thrilled to have another article about „Letters to Fred“ – #NeverAgainIsNow!
”At the center of the commissioned work is Fred Herzberg, who was rescued by a Kindertransport to England in 1939, while his parents and sister were murdered in Auschwitz.“ […]
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Ich freue mich sehr über einen weiteren Artikel über „Letters to Fred“ –#NeverAgainIsNow!
„Im Zentrum des Auftragswerks steht Fred Herzberg, der 1939 durch einen Kindertransport nach England gerettet wurde, während seine Eltern und seine Schwester in Auschwitz ermordet wurden.“
Vielen Dank […]
LETTERS TO FRED
„Zwei Liedprogramme an einem Tag spannten einen Bogen von Lebenslust, Poesie und gerechtem Zorn am Vormittag zu trauerndem Andenken am Abend. Zwei Freundinnen erlebten dies gemeinsam, Megan Marie Hart auf den Bühnen, Joanne Herzberg im Publikum.“
❤️ Vielen Dank, lieber […]
LETTERS TO FRED: A Portrait of the Herzberg Family During the Holocaust
Song Cycle by Bracha Bdil
The terrible brutality of the Holocaust is so incomprehensible in its extent that it can only be understood on the basis of individual fates. This song cycle quotes from letters to the only […]
A remarkable concert, Rachel Fenlon singing and playing Schubert's song cycle Der Winterreise.
#live #Schubert #songcycle
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Letters to Fred is a collection of letters sent to my dearest friend Jo Herzberg’s father during the Holocaust, and we hope we can do him justice. The performance will take place on January 27th on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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#operaSinger #Lied #ArtSong #SongCycle […]
@andreagrimes.bsky.social ICYMI, some delicious #songcycle analysis here.
Matt DeMello - Confetti in a Coalmine
"irreverence, absolute disdain, and jaunty theatrics"
#bandcampcodes #progpop #genrejumping #songcycle #music #yumcodes #bandcamp
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