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Call Me Irresponsible - Anika-France Forget & Nicholas Wanstall
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ANIKA-FRANCE

Call Me Irresponsible - Anika-France Forget & Nicholas Wanstall

Through a different style, I will bring you opera 〜 Anika-France ©️ 2021 Absurdly in love with the lady in red, Don José has been struck by Carmen’s seductive charm. After their separation, he cannot stand seeing her in the arms of the new bullfighter in town, Escamillo. A rumor spreads and Carmen is warned to fear for her life as her unstable former lover is wandering nearby. Yet, assertive as she is, she makes no case of it. As the bullfight takes place behind the scenes, Don José catches his Carmencita alone and confronts her. Unwilling to return his affection, Don José lunges his dagger and puts an end to his excruciating jealousy. Jimmy Van Heusen’s song Call Me Irresponsible creates an undeniable link with Bizet’s opera Carmen. This jazz hit could be interpreted by the antagonist of the opera, Don José, as he is irresponsibly in love with Carmen. Go check out George Bizet’s opera Carmen here: “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2snTkaD64U Full opera : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4wPTLYVYUE __________________________________________________________________________________________ SOCIALS Mezzo Soprano 〜 Anika-France Forget Instagram: @bird_anika (https://www.instagram.com/bird_anika/) Facebook: @Anika France (https://www.facebook.com/anika.france.7/) YouTube: ANIKA-FRANCE (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk9Lsprtk2sAMo0fs_sz8bQ) Arranger/composer 〜 Nicholas Wanstall Instagram: @organnick_ (https://www.instagram.com/organnick_/) Facebook: @Nicholas Wanstall (https://www.facebook.com/nicholas.wanstall.7) YouTube: Nicholas Wanstall (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0jHgk5mBhU8ZuDjiKQTnHg)
Music for a Saturday Afternoon - Full Concert, March 2019
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Benjamin Gabbay

Music for a Saturday Afternoon - Full Concert, March 2019

A concert of piano, vocal, and organ music presented at Jubilee United Church in Toronto on March 30, 2019 by Nicholas Wanstall (organist and composer), Claire Latosinsky (soprano), and Benjamin Gabbay (pianist and composer). Full concert program may be viewed at http://benjamingabbay.com/music/mfsa-program.pdf. List of timestamps below: Nocturne, op. 55, no. 1 - Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1949): 0:01:00 Sonnet - Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912): 0:07:42 Text by Georges Pradel (1840-1908) Nuit d'Espagne - Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912): 0:10:54 Text by Louis Gallet (1835-1898) Choral Dorien - Jehan Alain (1911 - 1940): 0:15:03 "Little" Fugue in G minor - J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750): 0:19:07 Mazurka - Benjamin Gabbay (b. 1995): 0:25:15 Five Variations on a Theme by Beethoven - Benjamin Gabbay (b. 1995): 0:28:18 "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto" - W. A. Mozart: 0:38:51 Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749 - 1838) Triptych on "St. Michael" - Walter Kraft (1905 - 1977): 0:44:10 Sonatine - Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): 0:54:10 Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend - Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): 1:07:25 Text by Justinus Kerner (1786 - 1862) Die Lorelei - Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896): 1:10:05 Text by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856) Praeludium in E minor - Nicholaus Bruhns (1665 - 1697): 1:13:56 Lullaby - Nicholas Wanstall (b. 1999): 1:24:51 Text by Eugene Field (1850 - 1895) i carry your heart with me - Benjamin Gabbay (b. 1995): 1:32:17 Text by E. E. Cummings (1894 - 1962) Abschiedsgesang ("Farewell song") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): 1:38:45 Text by Ignaz Seyfried (1776-1841)
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - Anika-France Forget & Nicholas Wanstall
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ANIKA-FRANCE

I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - Anika-France Forget & Nicholas Wanstall

Through a different style, I will bring you opera 〜 Anika-France ©️ 2021 Like many mistreated operatic heroines, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is no exception. Madama Butterfly, also known as Cio-Cio San is destined to marry Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, Lieutenant of the U.S. Navy. However, she is unaware of her husband's real intentions of settling with another wife back in his home country following their marriage ceremony. Three years have gone by and Butterfly and her son longingly await the return of her husband. In the end, she receives the visit of a young American woman, Pinkerton’s new wife. As she grasps the situation, Cio-Cio San gets a hold of her father’s dagger and puts an end to her unbearable misery. Duke Ellington & Paul Francis Webster’s "I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good" tell the story from Butterfly’s melancholic point of view. Go check out Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly here: "Un bel di vedremo" aria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-r2vu4t9-g Full opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stgof-xyN0&t=7108s __________________________________________________________________________________________ SOCIALS Mezzo Soprano 〜 Anika-France Forget Instagram: @bird_anika (https://www.instagram.com/bird_anika/) Facebook: @Anika France (https://www.facebook.com/anika.france.7/) YouTube: ANIKA-FRANCE (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk9Lsprtk2sAMo0fs_sz8bQ) Arranger/composer 〜 Nicholas Wanstall Instagram: @organnick_ (https://www.instagram.com/organnick_/) Facebook: @Nicholas Wanstall (https://www.facebook.com/nicholas.wanstall.7) YouTube: Nicholas Wanstall (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0jHgk5mBhU8ZuDjiKQTnHg)
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