Marti Newland, Soprano & George Spitzer, Baritone
Scott Joplin (c. 1867-1917) is featured at AfriClassical.com. Artis Wodehouse of MELODEON has provided links to five additional videos derived from a recent performance:
Scott Joplin Treemonisha: A Real Slow Drag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5XozDmQmVQ&list=UUP2xElP5-hgJhjqKRWWHOpA&index=6
Published on Jan 28, 2013
Soprano Marti Newland, baritone
George Spitzer and pianist Artis Wodehouse, members of MELODEON perform
"A Real Slow Drag" from Scott Joplin's opera, Treemonisha. This is one
of several video selections taken from their live performance of
"Treemonisha Suite" given by MELODEON on 1/6/13 at Church of the
Epiphany, NYC. "A Real Slow Drag" is the grand finale to the opera.
Here, the African-American community, previously held in thrall to
superstitious conjurors finally cast off the pernicious influence of
these folks, and unite instead behind the heroine, Treemonisha, who
espouses education, tolerance and gracious forgiveness.
MELODEON
is a chamber group founded by Artis Wodehouse for the performance of
19th and early 20th century American music. Wodehouse chose and arranged
14 numbers from Joplin's 1911 opera, Treemonisha for concert
performance by soprano, baritone and keyboard.
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