tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80421713249230029582024-02-20T00:46:14.805+13:00Mynstrel: A song maker in AotearoaSingers. Singing teachers. Talent search. Music therapy. Performance. Competition. Technology.Peter J MELLALIEUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998721807577181794noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042171324923002958.post-25882143428104822092013-05-05T16:00:00.001+12:002013-05-05T16:00:51.398+12:00iiii MUSIC !!!!: NEW iiii Records release! SPOILERS OF UTOPIA<a href="http://iiiimusic.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-iiii-records-release-spoilers-of.html?spref=bl">iiii MUSIC !!!!: NEW iiii Records release! SPOILERS OF UTOPIA</a>: iiii Records presents iiii XV Bandleader / composer John Bell (Dominion Centenary Concert Band, Ruckus, Circling Sun, Dodeca...<br />
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Enjoying my first play-through of 'The Spoilers' first published album. Quirky. Anarchic. Fun. Great for a lazy Sunday afternoon ... as I wait in anticipation of tonight's 'damaging storm'....<br />
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Crowd-Funding works! I even get a 'Thanks To' credit on the CD album notes ... presumably for my PledgeMe contribution and video upload to YouTube from Auckland Museum where they performed Anzac Day 2012. <br />
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Peter J MELLALIEUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998721807577181794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042171324923002958.post-91475782502465255862013-01-31T21:09:00.000+13:002013-02-01T12:09:28.049+13:00Auckland Lieder Group Inc Programme 2013<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Auckland Lieder Group promotes performance, education and interest in fine <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_song" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Art song">art song</a> including German <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lied" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Lied">lieder</a> and French Mélodie. Our focus is on exploration, experimentation, and constructive feedback.<br />
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Concerts are held in pleasant private homes around the greater Auckland region, typically on the fourth Sunday of each month. Concert locations are advised by email and monthly newsletter.<br />
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Each month’s programme organiser establishes a theme and invites members to present songs elaborating the theme. Liberal and licentious interpretation of the theme is welcome subject to negotiation with the programme organizer. Performance is generally restricted to members.<br />
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Here are the dates and themes for 2013. If you wish to attend a concert, or perform songs please contact the theme organiser designated for each concert.<br />
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Download a .pdf copy of the Programme 2013 and Membership Application <a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49418067/AKLG%20Programme%202013.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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Feb 24 Pandora’s Box <br />
Karen STANILAND 09 810 9516<br />
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Mar 24 <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Richard Wagner">Wagner</a> and the Post-Romantics <br />
Dianne HARVEY 09 813 6929<br />
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Apr 28 Agony and Delight <br />
Laurel BARRINGTON 09 828 8637<br />
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May 26 Clothes Maketh the Wo(man) <br />
Fay McNEIL 09 845 5446<br />
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Jun 23 Americana <br />
Beth COLEMAN 09 818 7770<br />
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Jul 28 What’s in a Name? <br />
Valerie MUIR 09 520 1981<br />
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Aug 25 <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Poulenc" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Francis Poulenc">Poulenc</a> et ses Amis <br />
Peter MELLALIEU 09 818 7770<br />
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Sep 22 Dreams <br />
Bryony JAGGER 09 630 7183<br />
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Oct 20 A <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a> Celebration <br />
Geoffrey HINDS 09 630 3267<br />
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Nov 24 <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Senses" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="The Five Senses">The Five Senses</a> <br />
William GREEN 021 298 7283<br />
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Concerts normally commence at 7:15 pm for 7:30 pm start. Guests are especially welcome. A door charge to cover supper costs of $5 is charged guests. To assist in catering and seating arrangements, please advise the evening’s organiser of your intention to perform or attend.<br />
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Officers of the Auckland Lieder Group Inc, 2013 </h3>
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Patron: Richard PHILLIPS 09-418 3691<br />
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President: Geoffrey HINDS 09-630 3267<br />
Treasurer: vacant<br />
Secretary: Valerie MUIR 09-520 1981<br />
Vice-President: Karen STANILAND 09-810 9516<br />
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William GREEN 021-298 7283<br />
Dianne HARVEY 09-813 6929<br />
Bryony JAGGER 09-630 7183<br />
Peter MELLALIEU 09-818 7770<br />
Claire & John GEDDES 09-817 6668<br />
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Contact</h3>
General inquiries in the first <br />
instance should be addressed to:<br />
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The Secretary, ℅ Valerie Muir <br />
3 Otahuri Crescent<br />
Remuera, Auckland 1050<br />
Phone: 09-520 1981<br />
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Email and web inquiries:<br />
William GREEN: <a href="mailto:wegreenpiano@hotmail.com" target="_blank">wegreenpiano@hotmail.com </a><br />
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Programme 2013 download</h3>
Download a .pdf copy of the Programme 2013 and Membership Application <a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49418067/AKLG%20Programme%202013.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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Peter J MELLALIEUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998721807577181794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042171324923002958.post-90735789555876369412012-11-26T09:48:00.003+13:002013-02-01T13:44:19.706+13:00Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen sung by Peter Mellalieu<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Mellalieu, P., & Harvey, D. (2012). Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen <a href="http://pogus.tumblr.com/post/36534716250/auf-dem-wasser-zu-singen-sung-by-peter">http://pogus.tumblr.com/post/36534716250/auf-dem-wasser-zu-singen-sung-by-peter</a><br />
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Sung by Peter Mellalieu. Pianist Dianne Harvey.<br />
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Composed by Franz Schubert in 1823. Based on the poem of the same name by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Leopold_zu_Stolberg-Stolberg" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg">Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg</a>.<br />
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Performed at Auckland Lieder Group, November 25, 2012.<br />
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Franz Schubert Lithograph<br />
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Auf dem Wasser zu singen: German Text, English Translation and Interpretation by Tomoko Yamamoto. (n.d.). Retrieved November 4, 2012, from <a href="http://www.tomoko-yamamoto.com/multimedia/schubert/Auf_dem_Wasser_zu_singen.html">http://www.tomoko-yamamoto.com/multimedia/schubert/Auf_dem_Wasser_zu_singen.html</a><br />
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Schafer, M. (2002). Illuminating Text: A Macro Analysis of Franz Schubert’s “Auf dem Wasser zu singen”. Musical Insights: The Journal of the Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization, 2, 97–104. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.macromusic.org/journal/volume2/13MusicalInsights.pdf">http://www.macromusic.org/journal/volume2/13MusicalInsights.pdf</a><br />
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Peter J MELLALIEUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998721807577181794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042171324923002958.post-70218763070875586302012-05-16T14:33:00.001+12:002012-05-16T14:33:45.592+12:00Lyrics that inspire youth to be proud in their own skin: Debut track from Nga Puawaitanga<a href="http://pogus.tumblr.com/post/23144001893/lyrics-that-inspire-youth-to-be-proud-in-their-own">Lyrics that inspire youth to be proud in their own skin: Debut track from Nga Puawaitanga</a>Peter J MELLALIEUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998721807577181794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042171324923002958.post-74850043359758395142012-03-25T21:47:00.001+13:002012-03-25T21:49:23.561+13:00Les eaux du printemps (Spring waters)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YuT_C1MCs_k/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YuT_C1MCs_k?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YuT_C1MCs_k?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br />
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Весенние воды, Vesenniye vody, Spring waters, Les eaux du printemps.<br />
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This is my first attempt at performing this song in a small lieder concert held in a private residence. <br />
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My accompanist was not quite ready for the task, so I created a 'karaoke' backing track by transposing down a few semitones the fabulous Earl WILD piano arrangement of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Rachmaninoff" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Sergei Rachmaninoff">Sergei Rachmaninov</a>'s 'Spring waters', performed by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Farrington" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Iain Farrington">Iain FARRINGTON</a>. <br />
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The piano version, somewhat longer, is available from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="ITunes">iTunes</a>, along with many other fabulous performances by Iain Farrington:<br />
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<a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/spring-waters-op.-14-no.-11/id413771279?i=413771378" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/spring-waters-op.-14-no.-11/id413771279?i=413771378">http://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/spring-waters-op.-14-no.-11/id413771279?i=41...</a><br />
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I sang the song in French ... eventually I will attempt a Russian version, helped by the excellent diction coaching from here:<br />
Russian diction - Rachmaninoff songs - Episode 25. (2010, December 3). The Diction Police. Retrieved September 4, 2011, from <a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://www.thedictionpolice.com/2010/12/03/episode-25/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.thedictionpolice.com/2010/12/03/episode-25/">http://www.thedictionpolice.com/2010/12/03/episode-25/</a><br />
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The images are from a climb I made near <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_Hill" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Pendle Hill">Pendle Hill</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Lancashire">Lancashire, England</a>, in late Autumn, 2011. Probably not the deep snows of a Russian Spring, but the closest I have been to snowy conditions in recent years!<br />
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The poem is a French translation of the Russian by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Tyutchev" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Fyodor Tyutchev">Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev</a> (1803-1873).<br />
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Spring Water (Vesennije vody) (Tyutchev, set by M. Antsev, Begicheva, N. Cherepnin, A. Gretchaninov, S. Rachmaninov, V. Rebikov, N. Sokolov, V. Zolotarev) (The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lied" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Lied">Lied</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_song" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Art song">Art Song</a>, and Choral Texts Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music). (n.d.). Retrieved September 1, 2011, from <a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16011" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16011">http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16011</a><br />
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For my favourite stunning performance of this song by Anastasia Prokofieva, see <a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8242ZtByII&feature=youtube_gdata_player" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8242ZtByII&feature=youtube_gdata_player">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8242ZtByII&feature=youtube_gdata_player</a><br />
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I also turned the living room in which I performed into a small hall, thanks to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="GarageBand">Garageband</a>.<br />
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<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rachmaninov_peinture.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Français : Portrait de Sergueï Vassilievitch R..." height="363" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Rachmaninov_peinture.jpg/300px-Rachmaninov_peinture.jpg" style="border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Français : Portrait de Sergueï Vassilievitch Rachmaninov (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rachmaninov_peinture.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span> <br />
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Peter Mellalieu sings '<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_American_Songs" rel="wikipedia" title="Old American Songs">I bought me a cat</a>' arranged by Aaron COPLAND.<br />
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Recorded handheld on my new <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS" rel="wikipedia" title="Canon EOS">Canon EOS</a> 600D camera, with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF-S_lens_mount" rel="wikipedia" title="Canon EF-S lens mount">Canon EFS</a> 18 - 200 mm <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_stabilization" rel="wikipedia" title="Image stabilization">Image stabilizer</a> lens. Using built in microphone. <br />
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I am impressed that the sound quality recorded by the camera's inbuilt mono microphone has done an impressive job coping with the dynamics of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing" rel="wikipedia" title="Singing">singing</a> and piano. The camera was located a bit too close to the piano, I suspect. i.e. distance from camera to singer: 4 m. Distance from camera to piano 3 m. (approx +/- 0.5 m)<br />
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Next concert, I will attempt to record using the external mike input, using my Zoom H4n digital recorder.<br />
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Postproduction: iMovie, using original 1080p video from the camera.<br />
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Peter Mellalieu sings 'Child, if I were king' (Enfant, si j'etais roi) by Liszt. <br />
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Recorded handheld on my new <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS" rel="wikipedia" title="Canon EOS">Canon EOS</a> 600D <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera" rel="wikipedia" title="Camera">camera</a>, with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF-S_lens_mount" rel="wikipedia" title="Canon EF-S lens mount">Canon EFS</a> 18 - 200 mm <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_stabilization" rel="wikipedia" title="Image stabilization">Image stabilizer</a> lens. Using built in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone" rel="wikipedia" title="Microphone">microphone</a>. <br />
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I am impressed that the sound quality recorded by the camera's inbuilt mono microphone has done an impressive job coping with the dynamics of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing" rel="wikipedia" title="Singing">singing</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano" rel="wikipedia" title="Piano">piano</a>. The camera was located a bit too close to the piano, I suspect. i.e. distance from camera to singer: 4 m. Distance from camera to piano 3 m. (approx +/- 0.5 m)<br />
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Next concert, I will attempt to record using the external mike input, using my Zoom H4n digital recorder.<br />
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Postproduction: iMovie, using original 1080p video from the camera.<br />
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Note: this was recorded at an end-of-year concert for a music class. This was the first time the pianist and singer had performed the piece together.<br />
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<div>This is a wonderfully moving video clip of a young boy pasionately engaged in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conducting" rel="wikipedia" title="Conducting">conducting</a> the last exhilrating movement of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven%27s_4th" rel="wikipedia" title="Beethoven's 4th">Beethoven's 4th</a> Symphony. Almost four million people have viwed this video on YouTube. And like several commenters, I, too, was moved to tears of joy. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Review the comments of YouTube. They show you how constructive comments can be! Here's one example:</div><div> </div><div>"I believe a major <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra" rel="wikipedia" title="Orchestra">symphony orchestra</a> could easily follow his direction (except for the finish) and audiences would love his style. </div><div></div><div>I also think that this video would serve an excellent training tool for conducting students--it teaches music expression using the whole body (including conducting with your feet), unbridled enthusiasm, and how to deal with emergencies without dropping a beat (or a baton).</div><div></div><div>This video gets an A+ in my book. Bravo, Jonathan!"</div><div class="zemanta-related"><h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;">Related articles</h6><ul class="zemanta-article-ul"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/youtube-new-ideas-week-youtube-for-kids-the-quest-for-the-awesome-cup/">YouTube New Ideas Week, 'YouTube For Kids', & The Quest For The Awesome Cup</a> (techcrunch.com)</li>
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Date, Theme, Organiser, Phone contact (Auckland, NZ)<br />
<ul><li>Feb 27 Bird songs Karen STANILAND 09-810 9516</li>
<li>Mar 27 Lands and countries Hilary NOBES 09-846 3433</li>
<li>May 1 Young singers invitation Fay McNEIL 09-827 8872</li>
<li>May 29 <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006280/" rel="imdb" title="Franz Schubert">Schubert</a> Valerie MUIR 09-520 1981</li>
<li>Jun 26 Finzi, Howells, and Venables Laurel BARRINGTON 09- 828 8637</li>
<li>Jul 24 Celestial Heavens Dianne HARVEY 09-813 6929</li>
<li>Aug 28 Songs from New Worlds Peter MELLALIEU 021 420 118</li>
<li>Sep 25 Spring </li>
<li>gardens Bryony JAGGER 630 7183</li>
<li>Oct 30 Lisztomania Geoffrey HINDS 09- 630 3267</li>
<li>Nov 27 Morning, noon and night (+AGM) William GREEN 021 298 7283</li>
</ul>Each month’s programme organiser establishes a theme and invites members to present songs elaborating the theme. Liberal and licentious interpretation of the theme is welcome subject to the programme organiser’s approval! Performance is generally restricted to members.<br />
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<b>About the Auckland Lieder Group Inc</b>: see <a href="http://mynstrel.blogspot.com/2010/12/auckland-lieder-group-inc-aims-and.html">here</a>. <br />
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Concerts are held in pleasant private homes around the greater Auckland region, typically on the fourth Sunday of each month. Concert locations are advised by monthly newsletter or email.<br />
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Each month’s programme organiser establishes a theme and invites members to present songs elaborating the theme. Liberal and licentious interpretation of the theme is welcome subject to the programme organiser’s approval! Performance is generally restricted to members.<br />
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Concerts normally commence at 7:15 pm for 7:30 pm start. Guests are especially welcome. To assist in catering and seating arrangements, please advise the evening’s organiser of your intention to perform or attend. A door charge to cover supper costs of $5 is charged guests.<br />
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Members receive a copy of the society’s rules and membership list. The list designates pianists and other instrumentalists available for accompanying singers.<br />
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<b>Programme 2011</b> <a href="http://mynstrel.blogspot.com/2010/12/auckland-lieder-group-inc-programme.html">here </a><br />
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<b>Examples of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_song" rel="wikipedia" title="Art song">Art song</a> and Lieder composers</b> <a href="http://mynstrel.blogspot.com/2010/12/some-lieder-composers-from-old-and-new.html">here</a><br />
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<b>Officers </b><br />
President - Geoffrey HINDS - 09-630 3267 <br />
Treasurer - Hilary NOBES - 09-846 3433<br />
Secretary - Valerie MUIR - 09-520 1981<br />
Vice-President - Karen STANILAND - 09-810 9516<br />
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<b>Committee</b><br />
Claire & John GEDDES - 09-817 6668<br />
William GREEN - 021-298 7283<br />
Dianne HARVEY - 09-813 6929<br />
Bryony JAGGER - 09-630 7183<br />
Peter MELLALIEU - 021-420 118<br />
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<b>Contact</b><br />
General inquiries in the first instance should be addressed to:<br />
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The Secretary, ℅ Valerie Muir, 3 Otahuri Crescent, Remuera, Auckland 1050<br />
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<b>Email and web inquiries</b><br />
<a href="mailto:wegreenpiano@hotmail.com">wegreenpiano@hotmail.com</a><br />
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Facebook: search for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_149510095099987&ap=1">AKLGNZ</a><br />
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First, I present several experiments that demonstrate the lip sync problem. Next, I show the solution I implemented and several confirmation checks. After the demonstration I explain why the solution achieves its results.<br />
Watch the demonstration lipsync error video on YouTube here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTgC4J3UPgs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTgC4J3UPgs</a><br />
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To conduct the experiments, I replay the same piece of video material from a digital video recorder (MySky HD) to the television (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Group" rel="wikipedia" title="Samsung Group">Samsung LED</a>) and stereo amplifier system (Denon 500 PMA). A series of figures shows the equipment set-up for each demonstration. I located a home video camera in front of the TV to record what I saw and what I heard. The video image is not great! However, the video image is sufficient to observe the lip sync problem and the effectiveness of the solution. <br />
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<b>Explanation</b><br />
Why does the solution work? The modern <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television" rel="wikipedia" title="Digital television">digital TV</a> requires around 50 - 200 milliseconds to process the digital data it receives from a signal source, and display the image on the LED screen. There are many reasons for this delay. (See <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_crystal_display" rel="wikipedia" title="Liquid crystal display">LCD</a> Input Lag / Video Delay measurement ) The traditional analogue TV appears not to have possessed this delay ‘feature’ to a level that is noticeable. Furthermore, the higher quality image, and/or larger size of modern TVs renders the problem more apparent.<br />
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Consequently, if you route the sound output from your signal source - such as a digital video recorder - to your hi-fi stereo amplifier system, you hear the sound BEFORE the digital TV has processed and presented the image. 200 milliseconds is ⅕ th of a second. That is a very small time period. However, the problem it caused was noticeable immediately to me when I upgraded from our 1980s vintage television earlier this year to a Samsung LED TV. You will see and hear the delay in the demonstration video, Experiments 1, and 2.<br />
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Fortunately, my Samsung digital TV provides an optical digital audio output that appears to be synchronized closely with the delayed TV image. Consequently, to solve the problem, you must take the digital audio signal output from the TV into your hi-fi stereo system. I credit the MySky technician who installed the MySky High Definition digital recorder for that solution strategy. Experiment 3 shows how the audio signal broadcast from the TV is more closely synchronized with the video image … However, the sound quality is rather unacceptable since it is produced from small 2 x 10 Watt speakers in the TV, rather than my 2 x 130 Watt Denon hi-fi with KEF speakers!<br />
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My hi-fi is a classic 1980s vintage Denon 500 PMA hi-fi amplifier. Consequently, the Denon amp accepts only analogue audio input, via <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector" rel="wikipedia" title="RCA connector">RCA cables</a>. Rather than purchase a new digital surround-sound hi-fi system, I wished to retain this vintage legacy system for several reasons. The Denon is not broken. It sound great. Furthermore, it provides a key component of the method I use to converting my vinyl LP collection into a digital format via a Zoom H4n Digital Recorder - but that’s another story.<br />
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To the rescue comes a little brown box that converts digital audio signals to analogue signals. In my case, I purchased an AC1603 Coaxial/Optical to R/L audio converter sourced via TradeMe, but ultimately supplied by Electus Distribution Pty Ltd, NSW Australia, <a href="http://www.electusdistribution.com.au/">http://www.electusdistribution.com.au</a>. You also require a digital optical cable and an RCA Right and Left channel cable, male-male connectors.<br />
Connect the audio converter between the TV and your hi-fi system. The video segment ‘Solution’ demonstrates the functioning of the digital-audio converter, and shows better synchronization between what you see (the lips) and hear. The ‘Check’ demonstration shows sound broadcast through both the TV and hi-fi. There is a much reduced, but acceptable delay between the two sound sources.<br />
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<b>A comprehensive solution</b><br />
Once you have this system installed, you should reroute your DVD and other audio-video signals first to the TV rather than through your hi-fi system. You must route BOTH the audio and video signals to the TV, so that the audio signal is relayed back to your hi-fi system. You will then achieve better synchronization of audio and video from these additional sources when you play the sound through your hi-fi system.<br />
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This set-up enabled me to connect an <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV" rel="wikipedia" title="Apple TV">AppleTV</a>. This little black box connects via digital <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI" rel="wikipedia" title="HDMI">HDMI cable</a> to the TV, and behaves like an additional audio-visual input. Now I can surf on my TV Youtube and Flickr from the comfort of my couch, listen in highest hi-fi to my iTunes music collection, and view in brilliant colour the photo albums stored on my computer. The AppleTV is a pure digital device. It connects only to your TV via a HDMI cable. Without the setup I describe above, I would not have been able to use the AppleTV through my hi-fi system, which would defeat much of the purpose of the AppleTV box for relaying the iTunes collection to the hi-fi.<br />
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<b>Costs</b><br />
Coaxial/Optical Digital to R/L audio converter $NZ 84.50 including courier postage $5.00.<br />
Digital optical cable, 2 metre, $NZ 25 including courier postage $5.00<br />
Total: $NZ 110<br />
If you are not so fortunate with TradeMe, you can order a solution from Australia with total cost about $150. Try http://www.converters.tv/<br />
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<b>Technical note</b><br />
We assume that there is perfect synchronization between the video and audio image recorded on the video camera. We also assume that there are no losses in synchronization during the creation of the movie from iMovie, the upload and processing by YouTube, and your viewing of the video over the internet! The demonstration works satisfactorily on my computer!<br />
I may have been slightly hyperbolic about my estimate of my TV’s video processing delay I estimated 200 milliseconds. The point is, I notice the delay, and some readers/viewers will also notice the delay. Apparently, some people can notice a delay of 40 milliseconds. Various hobbyists and gamers measure and publish the delay and a report from Stanford University report on how the delay affects peoples’ perceptions of the message presented. See Reeves & Voelker (1993), LCD HDTV Input Lag Tests, and LCD Input Lag / Video Delay measurement, (below).<br />
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<b>IMPORTANT NOTE</b><br />
I have viewed the lip-sync video on YouTube. If you watch it whilst downloading, you get lip-sync failure throughout the whole video! Wait for the video to download before playing it!<br />
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<b>Equipment used</b><br />
<ul><li>Television: Samsung LED TV UA32.B6000, 32 inch(!), 2 x 10 Watt, 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz</li>
<li>Digital recorder: MySky HDi</li>
<li>HiFi amplifier: Denon PMA-500V 2 x 130 Watt</li>
<li>Digital-analogue converter: AC1603 Coaxial/Optical to R/L audio converter</li>
<li>Video camera: Panasonic 3CCD PV-GS150</li>
<li>Microphone: Zoom H4n Handy Recorder</li>
</ul><b>Further reading </b><br />
<i>Delay measurement and effects</i><br />
LCD Input Lag / Video Delay measurement (PC & console games responsiveness) - AVForums.com. (n.d.). Retrieved November 4, 2010, from <a href="http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-led-lcd-tvs/612503-lcd-input-lag-video-delay-measurement-pc-console-games-responsiveness.html">http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-led-lcd-tvs/612503-lcd-input-lag-video-delay-measurement-pc-console-games-responsiveness.html</a><br />
LCD HDTV Input Lag Tests. (2008, September 8). ARogan. Retrieved November 18, 2010, from <a href="http://blog.arogan.com/2008/09/lcd-hdtv-input-lag-tests.html">http://blog.arogan.com/2008/09/lcd-hdtv-input-lag-tests.html</a><br />
Reeves, B., & Voelker, D. (1993, October). Effects of Audio-Video Asynchrony on Viewer’s Memory, Evaluation of Content and Detection Ability - Research Report Prepared for Pixel Instruments. Stanford University. Retrieved 18 November, 2010, from <a href="http://www.lipfix.com/file/doc/stanfordresearch.pdf">http://www.lipfix.com/file/doc/stanfordresearch.pdf</a><br />
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<i>More advanced solutions: Audio delay boxes</i><br />
In some cases the miss-match between audio and video signal originates in the source signals. For instance, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Audio" rel="wikipedia" title="DVD-Audio">DVD audio</a> tracks may be out of sync with the video track. In these cases, more sophisticated solutions are available. An audio delay box can be used to match the audio and video signals whatever and whenever the source is transmitted.<br />
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These are rather more expensive solutions. For example, see<br />
AD-100 Audio Delay Box. (n.d.). Retrieved November 4, 2010, from <a href="http://www.datavideo.us/products/tbcs-and-audio-delay/ad-100-audio-delay-box.html">http://www.datavideo.us/products/tbcs-and-audio-delay/ad-100-audio-delay-box.html</a><br />
Lip-Sync Error Technical Details. (n.d.). . Retrieved November 18, 2010, from <a href="http://www.lipfix.com/technical_details.html">http://www.lipfix.com/technical_details.html</a><br />
Lip-Sync Error? Felston DD740. (n.d.). . Retrieved November 4, 2010, from <a href="http://www.lipfix.com/lip_sync_error.html">http://www.lipfix.com/lip_sync_error.html</a><br />
Lip Sync Error Fix. Digital Audio Delay - Plasma TV, LCD, DLP - Felston. (n.d.). Retrieved November 4, 2010, from <a href="http://www.felston.com/">http://www.felston.com/</a><br />
An intermediate-price solution uses a standard digital audio effects processor. Not quite so user-friendly to use as the Felston approach.<br />
Possible cheap lip sync solution (for non lip sync equipped AV amps) - AVForums.com. (n.d.). Retrieved November 4, 2010, from <a href="http://www.avforums.com/forums/av-amplifiers-receivers/379273-possible-cheap-lip-sync-solution-non-lip-sync-equipped-av-amps.html">http://www.avforums.com/forums/av-amplifiers-receivers/379273-possible-cheap-lip-sync-solution-non-lip-sync-equipped-av-amps.html</a><br />
BEHRINGER: FEX800. (n.d.). Retrieved November 4, 2010, from <a href="http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/FEX800.aspx">http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/FEX800.aspx</a><br />
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<i>Digital to analogue audio converters</i><br />
HDTV, DVI, HDMI, VGA, PAL, NTSC, CGA, EGA, RGB Video Scan Converters Sales. (n.d.). Retrieved November 11, 2010, from <a href="http://www.converters.tv/">http://www.converters.tv/</a><br />
Digital to Analog Decoder, Converts digital Audio to analog audio, Gefen TV GTV-DD-2AA. (n.d.). Retrieved November 4, 2010, from <a href="http://www.ramelectronics.net/audio-video/audio-converters-extenders/analog-to-digital-digital-to-analog/digital-to-analog-decoder-gtv-dd-2-aa/prodGTVDD2AA.html">http://www.ramelectronics.net/audio-video/audio-converters-extenders/analog-to-digital-digital-to-analog/digital-to-analog-decoder-gtv-dd-2-aa/prodGTVDD2AA.html</a><br />
GefenTV+Digital+Audio++to+Analog+Adapter. (n.d.). . Retrieved November 4, 2010, from <a href="http://www.gefen.com/gefentv/gtvproduct.jsp?prod_id=5279">http://www.gefen.com/gefentv/gtvproduct.jsp?prod_id=5279</a><br />
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Text by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masefield" rel="wikipedia" title="John Masefield">John Masefield</a><br />
Score manuscript: Augener, 1922<br />
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Performed by Peter Mellalieu at the Auckland Lieder Group, 24 October 2010<br />
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This recording introduces Tcherepnin's compositions informd by his experience in China. These works comprise an opera and two <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_cycle" rel="wikipedia" title="Song cycle">song cycles</a>.<br />
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Presented at Auckland Lieder Group, Auckland, New Zealand, 24 October, 2010<br />
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<b>Reference</b><br />
Waleson, H. (n.d.). Aexander Tcherepnin. Retrieved October 24, 2010, from http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~echew/performances/amp96/tche.html#chin<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="26" width="640"><param value="true" name="allowfullscreen"/><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"/><param value="high" name="quality"/><param value="true" name="cachebusting"/><param value="#000000" name="bgcolor"/><param name="movie" value="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf" /><param value="config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'TheChineseSongsOfAlexanderTcherepnin.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':'http://www.archive.org/download/TheChineseSongsOfAlexanderTcherepninAnIntroduction/'},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}" name="flashvars"/><embed src="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="26" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" cachebusting="true" bgcolor="#000000" quality="high" flashvars="config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'TheChineseSongsOfAlexanderTcherepnin.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':'http://www.archive.org/download/TheChineseSongsOfAlexanderTcherepninAnIntroduction/'},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}"> </embed></object><br />
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Performed by Peter Mellalieu at Auckland Lieder Group concert, 24 October, 2010.<br />
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Folksong from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.gdyunan.gov.cn/" rel="homepage" title="Yunan County">Yunnan</a>. English text by the composer.<br />
A rehearsal peformance by Peter Mellalieu (baritone). In preparation for a performance for the Auckland Lieder Group, New Zealand. <br />
Recorded 22 October 2010 on Zoom H4N digital recorder. Postproduction on <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand" rel="wikipedia" title="GarageBand">Garageband</a>.<br />
Note: There is one recording of this song available on the internet recorded by <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sallylight">Sally Light</a>, in Russian. Heidi Waleson provides a brief bibliographic note detailing Tcherepninb's passion for China. He subsequently founded his own publishing house in Tokyo for the purpose of promoting Chinese and Japanese composers (Ramey).<br />
<blockquote>By the time Tcherepnin arrived in China in 1934 on one of his worldwide concert tours, he was weary of his technical experiments and ripe for what he later called his "folk cure." Tcherepnin was so taken with China (and with a young Chinese pianist, Lee Hsien-Ming) that he canceled the rest of his tour and remained there for several years, even after Ming left to study in Brussels and Paris. Concerned about the impending dilution of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_China" rel="wikipedia" title="Music of China">Chinese music</a>, he became assistant to the Minister of Culture. As a professor at the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Conservatory_of_Music" rel="wikipedia" title="Shanghai Conservatory of Music">Shanghai Conservatory</a>, he educated a generation of composers in techniques of expressing their native styles in modern forms, and set up competitions to encourage its creation, publication, and dissemination. (He was to do this again in Japan.)</blockquote><blockquote>Tcherepnin's own work became imbued with Chinese techniques and sensibilities. The Five Concert Etudes, Opus 52, use the pentatonic scale, and gracefully translate Chinese ideas for Western ears. "The Lute" is based on a Chinese tale for the friendship between a woodcutter and a mandarin and the lute that symbolized their bond; it recreates the resonating strings of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_musical_instruments" rel="wikipedia" title="List of Chinese musical instruments">Chinese instrument</a>, called the kou chin, by sustaining a single chord throughout the piece to create a sea of sound. "Homage to China", dedicated to Lee Hsien-Ming, whom he married in 1938, mimics the sound the mandolin-lie pipa, which is played with picks or fingernails, while "Punch and Judy" is based on a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" rel="wikipedia" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a> puppet-theater air. (Waleson, n.d.) </blockquote><b>References </b><br />
<div style="line-height: 2em; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><div style="margin: 0pt;">Biography of Alexander Tcherepnin by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Ramey" rel="wikipedia" title="Phillip Ramey">Phillip Ramey</a>. (n.d.). <span style="font-style: italic;">TheTcherepnin Society</span>. Retrieved October 16, 2010, from <a href="http://www.tcherepnin.com/alex/bio_alex.htm">http://www.tcherepnin.com/alex/bio_alex.htm</a></div><div style="margin: 0em 0pt 0pt;">Chou, L. (n.d.). Alexander Tcherepnin: A Generic Catalogue of Works. <span style="font-style: italic;">TheTcherepnin Society</span>. Retrieved October 24, 2010, from <a href="http://www.tcherepnin.com/alex/comps_alex.htm">http://www.tcherepnin.com/alex/comps_alex.htm</a></div><div style="margin: 0em 0pt 0pt;">The Tcherepnin Society Website - Welcome! (n.d.). Retrieved October 16, 2010, from <a href="http://www.tcherepnin.com/">http://www.tcherepnin.com/</a></div><div style="margin: 0em 0pt 0pt;">Waleson, H. (n.d.). Aexander Tcherepnin. Retrieved October 24, 2010, from <a href="http://www-bcf.usc.edu/%7Eechew/performances/amp96/tche.html#chin">http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~echew/performances/amp96/tche.html#chin</a></div></div>Score copyright 1956 M. P. Belaiefff, Bonn.<br />
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<b>Les Mélodies Françaises <br />
(French Art Songs) </b><br />
Presented by <br />
The Auckland Lieder Group,<br />
Inc. Sun 26 Sept 2010, 7:30 p.m.<br />
<br />
Chez Valerie Muir,<br />
Remuera, Auckland.<b><br />
</b><br />
<b>The Art of French Mélodie: Programme Notes</b><br />
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The tradition of French <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_song" rel="wikipedia" title="Art song">art song</a> (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lodie" rel="wikipedia" title="Mélodie">mélodie</a>) developed in the mid 19th century distinctly separate from the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" rel="wikipedia" title="German language">German</a> Lied that had peaked much earlier in the century. <br />
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The text of a mélodie was more likely to be taken from contem-porary, serious <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry" rel="wikipedia" title="Poetry">poetry</a> and the music was also generally more profound than that of the earlier genre of French 'romance' songs. Note that the term ‘chanson’ is used to to distinguish a folk or popular song.<br />
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Hector Berlioz was the first to use the term mélodie to describe his own compositions. An example is his <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_cycle" rel="wikipedia" title="Song cycle">song cycle</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_nuits_d%27%C3%A9t%C3%A9" rel="wikipedia" title="Les nuits d'été">Les nuits d'été</a> (1841). However, Charles Gounod is often viewed as the first distinct <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composer" rel="wikipedia" title="Composer">composer</a> of mélodie. His compositional style evolved imperceptibly and illustratively from romance to mélodie. His 200 mélodies drew on texts by poets such as as Hugo and Lamartine.<br />
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Gabriel Fauré wrote over 100 mélodies. He has been called the French Schumann, though their styles and essential temperaments were very different. <br />
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Proper performance of mélodies tends to require far less in the way of extreme emotion and blatant "acting" than many Lieder. Bernac (1970) notes that "the art of the greatest French composers is an art of suggestion" rather than explicit statement of feelings.<br />
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Mélodie is particularly noted for its deliberate and close relationship between text and melody. To compose or interpret mélodies, one must have a sensitive knowledge of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" rel="wikipedia" title="French language">French language</a>, French poetry, and French poetic diction.<br />
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According to Pierre Bernac (1970), Debussy writes that 'Clarity of expression, precision and concentration of form are qualities peculiar to the French genius.' These qualities are indeed most noticeable when compared with the German genius, excelling as it does in long, uninhibited outpourings, directly opposed to the French taste, which abhors overstatement and venerates concision and diversity."<br />
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<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Mélodies continue to be composed today. Perhaps the last uncontestedly great composer of them was Francis Poulenc, who died in 1963. He wrote nearly 150 mélodies of all sorts.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Abridged from</b><br />
Wikipedia/mélodie</div><div style="text-align: left;">Pierre Bernac, (1970) The Interpretation of French Song, New York: Praeger.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>The Auckland Lieder Group Inc. aims to promote education and performance of art songs and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lied" rel="wikipedia" title="Lied">lieder</a>. Performance meetings are held monthly in private homes in the Auckland region. <br />
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<b>Membership inquiries</b>, contact William Green, <a href="mailto:wegreenpiano@hotmail.com">wegreenpiano@hotmail.com</a>, or The Secretary, Valerie Muir, 09 520 1981.<br />
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Concert organisation, programme design and notes by Peter Mellalieu. http://mynstrel.blogspot.com, 02142 0118, <a href="mailto:petermellalieu@me.com">petermellalieu@me.com</a><br />
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The Auckland Lieder Group<br />
Sunday 26 September 2010 <br />
7:15 pm for 7:30 pm commencement <br />
Chez Valerie Muir, 3 Otahuri Crescent, Remuera South, near Newmarket, <br />
RSVP: Telephone 09 520 1981<br />
</div>The September meeting of the Auckland Lieder Group takes the theme of Les Melodie Française (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lodie">French Art Song</a>).<br />
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The programme includes songs by Debussy, Faure, Berlioz, Delibes, Gounod, Ambroise Thomas, and Eduard Lalo.<br />
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Please contact Peter Mellalieu if you wish to add your songs to the programme: telephone 09 818 7770, mobile 02142 0118, email: petermellalieu@me.com. Please state full details for the programme including composer, title, singer, and accompanist.<br />
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Performance is usually restricted to members. Guest performers are invited to audition ‘live’ for membership at the concert.<br />
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For catering purposes, please confirm to Valerie Muir if you are attending. Guests are especially welcome but please RSVP to Valerie. The guest entry charge is $5.<br />
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The Auckland Lieder Group aims to promote education and performance of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_song" rel="wikipedia" title="Art song">art songs</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lied" rel="wikipedia" title="Lied">lieder</a>. Performance meetings are held monthly in private homes in the Auckland region. For membership inquiries, contact William Green, wegreenpiano@hotmail.com, or The Secretary, Valerie Muir, 09 520 1981.<br />
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Image source: http://pagesperso.erasme.org/michel/cc/oeuvres/brut/debussy-1956.jpg<br />
Google map link <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&q=3+Otahuri+Crescent+remuera+auckland+map&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=3+Otahuri+Crescent,+Greenlane,+Auckland+1051,+New+Zealand&ei=hceKTLnHM4PCsAPpmtCfBA&ved=0CBUQ8gEwAA&ll=-36.886246,174.791687&spn=0.012838,0.015235&z=16">here</a>.<br />
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Richards<br />I'm <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Guerre_%28musical%29" title="Martin Guerre (musical)" rel="wikipedia">Martin Guerre</a> - Schoenberg & Boublil<br />Non T'amo Piu - Tosti<br />Ar Hyd y Nos - Trad.arr. Bob Chilcott<br />The Skye Boat Song - Trad.arr.Bob Chilcott<br />Danny Boy - Trad.arr Bob Chilcott<br />Ill Wind - <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Flanders%2Band%2BSwann" title="Flanders and Swann" rel="lastfm">Flanders and Swann</a><br />Orpheus and the Underground - <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jacques%2BOffenbach" title="Jacques Offenbach" rel="lastfm">Offenbach</a> arr, Cantabile<br />American Trilogy Mickey Newbury<br />Steal Away - <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_%28music%29" title="Spiritual (music)" rel="wikipedia">Negro Spiritual</a> arr. Burleigh<br />Ching-A-Ring Chaw - Adapt.Aaron Copeland<br />The Water is Wide - arr. 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Her love is unrequited, and the play opens with her attempted <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide" rel="wikipedia">suicide</a>. The neighbours in her apartment call attention to her plight. Her ex-husband, a senior judge, comes on the scene. The complexity, mystery, and suspense expands from that point.<p class="zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 204px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Blue-Nick-Hern-Books/dp/1854594230%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1854594230"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417ZQp79c-L._SL300_.jpg" alt="Cover of " the="" deep="" blue="" sea="" nick="" hern="" style="border: medium none ; display: block;" width="194" height="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Cover of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Blue-Nick-Hern-Books/dp/1854594230%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1854594230">The Deep Blue Sea (Nick Hern Books)</a></span></p><br /><br />I enjoyed <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-36.9544444444,174.653055556&spn=0.1,0.1&q=-36.9544444444,174.653055556%20%28Titirangi%29&t=h" title="Titirangi" rel="geolocation">Titirangi</a> Theatre's nuanced production of the play, directed by Liz Watkinson. Although Hester takes the central role, the other seven roles present very strongly.<br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com/">ShareThis</a> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=2a0c2d22-a37a-489b-812c-ef00e5c3df10" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>Peter J MELLALIEUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998721807577181794noreply@blogger.com1