Hoiby, L.: Pocket of Time (A) - 21 Songs and A Duet
7/27/2009, 22 Tracks, 1:14:32
Featuring
Julia Faulkner
Lee Hoiby
Andrew Garland
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Performer Biography
Julia Faulkner, the soprano on this album, made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1994 and gained a reputation as a world-class Strauss and Mozart singer.
Composer Biography
Lee Hoiby, the composer, was a pianist who studied with Egon Petri, a pupil of Busoni, but gave up a touring career to compose.
Cultural Impact
Lee Hoiby's song 'The Serpent' is so popular that a voice coach once joked that throwing a brick in Manhattan would likely hit a soprano who had learned it.
Recording & Production
This album was co-produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music and supported by the Evjue Foundation and the Brittingham Fund.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lee Hoiby considers Schubert a major influence, stating, 'It was Schubert who taught me to write songs'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lee Hoiby refused to compose in the prescribed atonal fashion of his time, stating, 'I wanted to grow heirloom roses, but they allowed you nothing but cactuses'.
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