Andrea Doyle Music
Find Me on LinkedIn
  • Home
  • About Andrea
  • Current Musical Events!
  • Blog

It's "Summertime"......!

7/31/2017

 
The beautiful aria "Summertime" is undoubtably one of the most covered songs in history, with thousands of covers from groups of performers and solo players alike, both instrumental and vocal.  I was reading a review of a current production of an opera that I have always loved, Porgy and Bess, which includes "Summertime" and was written by George Gershwin, at the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, NY (it goes on, by the way, through August 21st, but I believe ALL performances are sold out!).  Porgy and Bess contains many marvelous musical moments, and so many of the songs besides "Summertime" are standard repertory.  Here are a few of my favorite versions of Summertime - and it IS so hard to pick! - try listening to this recording with Clara as sung by Harolyn Blackwell, with the Glyndebourne Chorus and the London Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.  Or you might enjoy a great jazz performances by Jill Scott and George Benson, or maybe Ella Fitzgerald, or even Nina Simone.  Or a most unusual, but truly beautiful instrumental performance by Van-Ahn Vanessa Vo, a Vietnamese performer and composer.  She is playing a dan Bau, a traditional Vietnames monochord instrument......I dearly love listening to this performance!!  Let's certainly not forget solo piano covers!  In this one, Earl Wild plays his own fantasy on several of the tunes from Porgy and Bess - difficult! Or, how about a transcription of the great Oscar Peterson's arrangement of the tune?!
Better stop here.....but what about you?!  Have you discovered your own favorite covers of this song?  Let me know, please!  We will all work on some version or another of this wonderful tune this week - have fun!

Comments are closed.
    Picture

    Archives

    November 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    December 2022
    October 2022
    July 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    April 2018
    February 2018
    November 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    February 2017
    April 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    October 2015
    July 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly