by Jarrett Hoffman
TODAY ON THE WEB AND AIRWAVES:
Singing. Latency. Those are two words that have gotten more stressful since March of 2020. Tonight at 7:30 on Oberlin Stage Left, vocal ensembles director Gregory Ristow and voice professor Kendra Colton will discuss those topics, and will demonstrate “real-time musical collaboration over the internet” during So You Think You’re in Sync? – Latency Solutions for Real-Time Virtual Performance.
At noon, WCLV’s “Lunchtime with The Cleveland Orchestra” features Mozart’s 17th Piano Concerto and selections from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. And if the opera bug catches you there, you can stream a ‘90s performance of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera tonight from the Met.
Staying in New York, but going back to the 6th century, Benjamin Bagby evokes the ancient world of Beowulf with his voice and a six-string harp. The one-man performance was recorded in January, and is streamed tonight as part of 92nd St. Y’s Summer Concerts.
More details about all of those events here.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
Tomas Luis de Victoria — the most well-known composer in Spain during the 1500s, and considered one of the greatest composers of the 16th century as a whole — died on this day in 1611 in Madrid.
There’s been a revival of interest in Victoria’s work over the past hundred years, and his name is no stranger to the program booklets — and YouTube channels — of Northeast Ohio’s ensembles.
His Christmas motet O magnum mysterium is quite popular: check out this live performance from Quire Cleveland at Trinity Cathedral in 2009, or this duo version from Mignarda’s 2016 album of Advent and Christmas music for lute and voice.
The Requiem Mass Officium Defunctorum is considered by many to be Victoria’s masterpiece. Hear Contrapunctus Early Music sing that work’s “Taedet animam meam” during a live performance at Mary Queen of Peace in 2015.