Unsung Composers

The Music => Composers & Music => Topic started by: Christopher on Saturday 20 November 2021, 23:15

Title: Balfe - Mazeppa cantata
Post by: Christopher on Saturday 20 November 2021, 23:15
By chance I have come across an online concert recording of "The Page: A cantata from Mazeppa" by Michael Balfe (1808-1870), performed in 2006 by the University of Manitoba Women's Choir under Henry Engbrecht.  It's with piano accompaniment rather than the presumed orchestra. It's in 10 parts including an overture, and each part is downloadable as an mp3 track.

https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/ukrainian_canadian_studies/about/Mazeppa.html (https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/ukrainian_canadian_studies/about/Mazeppa.html)

See also https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/ukrainian_canadian_studies/about/2081.html (https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/ukrainian_canadian_studies/about/2081.html) - for some background to the concert.

(https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/ukrainian_canadian_studies/media/full_invitation.jpg)
Title: Re: Balfe - Mazeppa cantata
Post by: mikehopf on Sunday 21 November 2021, 00:37
Oh! For a full orchestral recording!