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Barbara Harbach Opera O Pioneers Broadcast Debut on December 5
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
The World Broadcast Premiere of Barbara Harbach’s opera O Pioneers! will be heard on Saturday, December 5 – 12:30 PM Central Standard Time on KUFO Classic 99 Radio in St. Louis, Missouri. To listen to the performance, logon to http://www.classic99.com/listennow.htm. This broadcast will be part of their Saturday Afternoon at the Opera series. Visit the station online at http://www.classic99.com/.
O, Pioneers! was given its World Premiere performances this past October 9 and 10 in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall of Touhill Performing Arts Center of the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Ms. Harbach again teamed with lyricist Jonathan Yordy. They last collaborated on the musical Booth!, which debuted at the Touhill Center in 2007 and made its East Coast Premiere at New York University’s Skirball Center this past June. The cast includes Gina Galati in the lead role as Alexandra Bergstrom, Ann Hoyt as Marie, the Bohemian lover of Emil and Tomas Wazelle as Emil.
O Pioneers! is based on Willa Cather’s novel of tragedy, transformation and redemption on the American frontier at the turn of the 20th century and is the story of a family of Swedish immigrants in the farm country near the fictional town of Hanover, Nebraska.
As a composer, Barbara Harbach has a large catalog of works, including symphonies, works for chamber ensemble, string orchestra, organ, harpsichord, musicals, choral anthems, film scores, modern ballets, and many arrangements for brass and organ of various Baroque works. She is also involved in the research, editing and publication of manuscripts of eighteenth-century keyboard composers as well as historical and contemporary women composers. Her works are available in both recorded and published form through labels including MSR Classics, Naxos, Gasparo Records, Kingdom Records, Albany Records and Northeastern Records, and publishers including Hester Park, Robert King, Elkan-Vogel, Augsburg Publishing, Agape Music and Vivace Press.
MSR Classics has released two new CDs by Ms. Harbach: Toccatas, Flourishes & Fugues, A Celebration of Hymns (MS1254 - http://www.msrcd.com/1254/1254.html), in which she performs on the Aeolian-Skinner Organ of Christ Church Cathedral, St Louis, Missouri, and Chamber Music II (MS1255 - http://www.msrcd.com/1255/1255.html), works for string orchestra and woodwind quintet. These are, respectively, Volumes 3 and 4 of the Music of Barbara Harbach CD series. Her website is at http://www.barbaraharbach.com/.
For press inquiries, photos or more information about Barbara Harbach, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
The World Broadcast Premiere of Barbara Harbach’s opera O Pioneers! will be heard on Saturday, December 5 – 12:30 PM Central Standard Time on KUFO Classic 99 Radio in St. Louis, Missouri. To listen to the performance, logon to http://www.classic99.com/listennow.htm. This broadcast will be part of their Saturday Afternoon at the Opera series. Visit the station online at http://www.classic99.com/.
O, Pioneers! was given its World Premiere performances this past October 9 and 10 in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall of Touhill Performing Arts Center of the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Ms. Harbach again teamed with lyricist Jonathan Yordy. They last collaborated on the musical Booth!, which debuted at the Touhill Center in 2007 and made its East Coast Premiere at New York University’s Skirball Center this past June. The cast includes Gina Galati in the lead role as Alexandra Bergstrom, Ann Hoyt as Marie, the Bohemian lover of Emil and Tomas Wazelle as Emil.
O Pioneers! is based on Willa Cather’s novel of tragedy, transformation and redemption on the American frontier at the turn of the 20th century and is the story of a family of Swedish immigrants in the farm country near the fictional town of Hanover, Nebraska.
As a composer, Barbara Harbach has a large catalog of works, including symphonies, works for chamber ensemble, string orchestra, organ, harpsichord, musicals, choral anthems, film scores, modern ballets, and many arrangements for brass and organ of various Baroque works. She is also involved in the research, editing and publication of manuscripts of eighteenth-century keyboard composers as well as historical and contemporary women composers. Her works are available in both recorded and published form through labels including MSR Classics, Naxos, Gasparo Records, Kingdom Records, Albany Records and Northeastern Records, and publishers including Hester Park, Robert King, Elkan-Vogel, Augsburg Publishing, Agape Music and Vivace Press.
MSR Classics has released two new CDs by Ms. Harbach: Toccatas, Flourishes & Fugues, A Celebration of Hymns (MS1254 - http://www.msrcd.com/1254/1254.html), in which she performs on the Aeolian-Skinner Organ of Christ Church Cathedral, St Louis, Missouri, and Chamber Music II (MS1255 - http://www.msrcd.com/1255/1255.html), works for string orchestra and woodwind quintet. These are, respectively, Volumes 3 and 4 of the Music of Barbara Harbach CD series. Her website is at http://www.barbaraharbach.com/.
For press inquiries, photos or more information about Barbara Harbach, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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