Part 1: Beginning of an interview that Charlie Rose had with Eileen Farrell. Recorded 12 August 1993.
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Farrell had a marvelous sense of humor. Here's a quote from the San Francisco Chronicle of November 8, 1964:
''The Bach Aria Group, which includes tenor Jan Peerce, Soprano Eileen Farrell, two other fine singers and a chamber group, gives sedate, even austere recitals -- everybody dressed in black, sitting primly in straight-backed chairs onstage and being very, very dignified, as befits Bach.
Before one recital Peerce was backstage warming up his remarkable vocal cords and hitting one high C after another, as Miss Farrell listened in wonderment. At last she asked, "How do you do it, Jan? How do you hit those high ones so effortlessly?" "Easy, Eileen," he smiled. "I just imagine I'm being goosed by an ice-cream cone."
A few minutes later the Bach Aria Group filed onstage -- serious and proper -- and took their seats. As Peerce started to arise for his first solo, Miss Farrell whispered something, whereupon he fell back, helplessly convulsed with laughter; in this instance the show did NOT go on and the delicate mood was never restored. What she had whispered was: "What flavor?"
2 май 2011
