Soprano Marti Newland and Baritone George Spitzer Sing Superstition
Published on Jan 28, 2013
Soprano Marti Newland, baritone
George Spitzer and pianist Artis Wodehouse, members of MELODEON perform
"Superstition" 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. "Superstition" is the song sung by the conjurors, evil
community leaders steeped in superstition and paranoia that hold their
African-American community community in their power.
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.
Videographer and sound recordist is Whitney Slaten.
[Scott Joplin (c. 1867-1917) is featured at AfriClassical.com]
No comments:
Post a Comment