Charlie Rose – Stephen Sondheim / James Lapine

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f60zuJnYrTU

Stephen Sondheim, Composer/Lyricist
James Lapine, Librettist/Director

Sondheim says you can not make an audience like something, but they have to understand the intention. Preview performances focused on making things clear to the audience.

Sondheim On “Send in the Clowns”

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWC5qfVnsVs

Stephen Sondheim talks about the writting of Send in the Clowns from A Little Night Music – with excerpts of the rehearsal with Sally Ann Howes. Insight into Sondheim’s composing process – he says he does not let lyrics or melody get too far ahead of each other during the writing process.

Sondheim says he likes to know how a song will end when he starts it.

Ivan Rebroff – Evening Bells

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLg0oRC4lUA

The song ‘Evening bells’ in russian (Вечерний звон – Vecherny svon – Abendglocken – Les cloches du soir) by Ivan Rebroff.

This song brings back memories. My father used to endlessly play a record of Ivan Rebroff singing “Evening Bells”. One of my favorite Russian songs.

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Russian Orthodox Choir, Sacret Russian singing Chesnokov’s “Gabriel Appeared”

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzK5YEVMHn4

From the video author:

This choir is from Moscow. They were recorded while they were touring through the Europe.  They defiantly are the great bunch with beautiful voices but it looks like this group gathered just for the tour. Nobody saw or heard of them after.  I tried to find them and invite for the tour to US but unsuccessfully.
Chesnokov’s “Gabriel Appeared”
Soloist: Chernegov-Nomerov Egor (choral dir.)Чернегов-Номеров Егор Глебович
Info from Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Music Conservatory