Concert: To start at a specific movement just click on its title. Samuel Barber: Four Songs, Op. 13: III.Sure on this Shining NightText by James Agee Sure on this Shining Night Sure on this shining nightOf star made shadows round,Kindness must watch for meThis side the ground.The late year lies down the north.All is healed, […]
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For five consecutive years (1900–1905) Ravel tried and failed to win the prestigious Prix de Rome. In 1905 the matter became a matter of public scandal and led to the resignation of the, then, principal of the Conservatoire, Théodore Dubois, and his replacement by Gabriel Fauré. Ravel’s operatic output consists of two one-act works: L’heure espagnole (Spanish […]
