Tag: Simon Keenlyside

  • PROGRAM NOTES: SIR SIMON KEENLYSIDE

    PROGRAM NOTES: SIR SIMON KEENLYSIDE

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    Johannes Brahms Songs from Opp. 6, 72, 86 & 96 It may be surprising to learn that while Brahms is universally revered as a giant of 19th-century instrumental music, he is often listed as one of the lesser composers of 19th-century art song. This may be because the texts he chose to set were for…

  • GETTING TO KNOW: SIMON KEENLYSIDE

    GETTING TO KNOW: SIMON KEENLYSIDE

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      “I am a story teller, I am a narrator.” “I spend my entire working life dealing only with beauty; I rarely sing with a piece of music in front of me, so all of these beautiful songs are committed to memory.” Performing opera does not come without its risks: injuring his back in one…