Keith G wrote:
I've just heard some Kraut bass-baritone (Thomas Quasthoff) absolutely
*m-u-r-d-e-r* 'My Funny Valentine' (I think it was - difficult to tell)
after a lofty discussion on R3 just now about 'crossover singers'
failing and that gushy plonker Sean Rafferty has just called it
'sensational'....

??

Or is it me...??




Crossover singers - don'cha love 'em?

I was holidaying in Lubeck in Germany recently and went to a student
concert at the Musikhochschule. Great performances from kids between 12
and 21. However, it took me a while to figure out that one young Asian
girl was singing "Somewhere over the rainbow". Even longer to realise
she was singing in English.

Apparently in the ABRSM grade exams for singing, you have to do an
unaccompanied traditional song. I bet that approaches the dire quite often.

Roy.

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Keith G wrote:
I've just heard some Kraut bass-baritone (Thomas Quasthoff)
absolutely *m-u-r-d-e-r* 'My Funny Valentine' (I think it was -
difficult to tell) after a lofty discussion on R3 just now about
'crossover singers' failing and that gushy plonker Sean Rafferty has
just called it 'sensational'....

??

Or is it me...??




Crossover singers - don'cha love 'em?

I was holidaying in Lubeck in Germany recently and went to a student
concert at the Musikhochschule. Great performances from kids between
12 and 21. However, it took me a while to figure out that one young
Asian girl was singing "Somewhere over the rainbow". Even longer to
realise she was singing in English.


My point (not well made) was that the guy had already sung some lovely
pieces in a very nice voice with just a hint of German accent which
works well for me and they (Sucky Uppy Rafferty, mostly) had been
shredding 'crossover singers' - opera/classically trained singers trying
to do 'pop' &c. and saying how it rarely/if ever works (think Kiri Te
Kanawa) when the guy does the *dirge, but beautifully enunciated*
version of My Funny Valentine!

But, thinking on, I suppose Rafferty could hardly have said 'Streuth,
that was ****e!' after the German had finished, could he? :-)



Apparently in the ABRSM grade exams for singing, you have to do an
unaccompanied traditional song. I bet that approaches the dire quite
often.


Nah, bugger that - *everybody's* got a 'traditional' song in 'em - even
me!! :-)

Here's mine:

##Did you ever see a wild goose sailing over the ocean...?##

OK, ****it then - it looks like this:

http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiWLDGOOSE.html

.....and sounds like this:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...e%20Shanty.mp3

(But not when I sing it!! :-)

On Oct 2, 11:00 pm, "Keith G" wrote:
"Roy" roy@somedomainsomewhere wrote in message

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Keith G wrote:
I've just heard some Kraut bass-baritone (Thomas Quasthoff)
absolutely *m-u-r-d-e-r* 'My Funny Valentine' (I think it was -
difficult to tell) after a lofty discussion on R3 just now about
'crossover singers' failing and that gushy plonker Sean Rafferty has
just called it 'sensational'....

??

Or is it me...??

Crossover singers - don'cha love 'em?

I was holidaying in Lubeck in Germany recently and went to a student
concert at the Musikhochschule. Great performances from kids between
12 and 21. However, it took me a while to figure out that one young
Asian girl was singing "Somewhere over the rainbow". Even longer to
realise she was singing in English.

... had been
shredding 'crossover singers' - opera/classically trained singers trying
to do 'pop' &c. and saying how it rarely/if ever works (think Kiri Te
Kanawa)

... but think "Freddy Mercury" for an example where it did work.

Robert

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On Oct 2, 11:00 pm, "Keith G" wrote:
"Roy" roy@somedomainsomewhere wrote in message

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Keith G wrote:
I've just heard some Kraut bass-baritone (Thomas Quasthoff)
absolutely *m-u-r-d-e-r* 'My Funny Valentine' (I think it was -
difficult to tell) after a lofty discussion on R3 just now about
'crossover singers' failing and that gushy plonker Sean Rafferty
has
just called it 'sensational'....

??

Or is it me...??

Crossover singers - don'cha love 'em?

I was holidaying in Lubeck in Germany recently and went to a
student
concert at the Musikhochschule. Great performances from kids
between
12 and 21. However, it took me a while to figure out that one young
Asian girl was singing "Somewhere over the rainbow". Even longer to
realise she was singing in English.

... had been
shredding 'crossover singers' - opera/classically trained singers
trying
to do 'pop' &c. and saying how it rarely/if ever works (think Kiri Te
Kanawa)

.. but think "Freddy Mercury" for an example where it did work.



You mean Barselona? :-)

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:54:21 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


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On Oct 2, 11:00 pm, "Keith G" wrote:
"Roy" roy@somedomainsomewhere wrote in message

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Keith G wrote:
I've just heard some Kraut bass-baritone (Thomas Quasthoff)
absolutely *m-u-r-d-e-r* 'My Funny Valentine' (I think it was -
difficult to tell) after a lofty discussion on R3 just now about
'crossover singers' failing and that gushy plonker Sean Rafferty
has
just called it 'sensational'....

??

Or is it me...??

Crossover singers - don'cha love 'em?

I was holidaying in Lubeck in Germany recently and went to a
student
concert at the Musikhochschule. Great performances from kids
between
12 and 21. However, it took me a while to figure out that one young
Asian girl was singing "Somewhere over the rainbow". Even longer to
realise she was singing in English.

... had been
shredding 'crossover singers' - opera/classically trained singers
trying
to do 'pop' &c. and saying how it rarely/if ever works (think Kiri Te
Kanawa)

.. but think "Freddy Mercury" for an example where it did work.



You mean Barselona? :-)




Funnily enough, in that song Freddie sang real words, and Monsarrat
just made vague vowelly mouth noises.

Strange that

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On Oct 2, 11:00 pm, "Keith G" wrote:
"Roy" roy@somedomainsomewhere wrote in message

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Keith G wrote:
I've just heard some Kraut bass-baritone (Thomas Quasthoff)
absolutely *m-u-r-d-e-r* 'My Funny Valentine' (I think it was -
difficult to tell) after a lofty discussion on R3 just now about
'crossover singers' failing and that gushy plonker Sean Rafferty
has
just called it 'sensational'....

??

Or is it me...??

Crossover singers - don'cha love 'em?

I was holidaying in Lubeck in Germany recently and went to a
student
concert at the Musikhochschule. Great performances from kids
between
12 and 21. However, it took me a while to figure out that one
young
Asian girl was singing "Somewhere over the rainbow". Even longer
to
realise she was singing in English.

... had been
shredding 'crossover singers' - opera/classically trained singers
trying
to do 'pop' &c. and saying how it rarely/if ever works (think Kiri
Te
Kanawa)

.. but think "Freddy Mercury" for an example where it did work.



You mean Barselona? :-)




Funnily enough, in that song Freddie sang real words, and Monsarrat
just made vague vowelly mouth noises.

Strange that


Yes, exactly that - I'm watching it right now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFLu6bu7LEk