Go Mr. Shaw and Norman! It was so rich working with both of you as a chorister for 16'ish years and miss it. I know that you're gone, now, Mr. Shaw (for 20+ years) but Norman - you're still around. Thanks for the privilege while I was living in ATL. Godspeed!
I sang 8 of the Shaw-Carnegie Hall seasons. Such a great experience each time with top notch soloists and choristers, not to mention various conductors (loved Jimmy Conlon, not so much Andre Previn!)
It’s fascinating to see the rehearsal process. These were all great singers. I still don’t understand about Hadley - singers with a fraction of his voice switched over to character roles and made new careers for themselves.
I’ve been in situations like this in a quartet, and it’s obvious to me there was tension in the air beyond Hadley singing a wrong note. And the ‘Requiem’ was beyond his Fach, which was probably the origin of the problems.
@@josephespratt really? Please cite your source for it. Also, judge not unless you personally can do better. If that’s the case, again upload your recording for us. Where did you train?
@@josephespratt I think you’re making an assumption. Please cite your source for how you KNOW, objectively, that he learned it wrong. You won’t because you can’t. You can’t because you DONT KNOW THAT.
A LOT of talk by Hadley. It’s only an E. It’s on the passaggio of course and sadly that zone in his voice got really bad by the later 90’s. Sweet is a marvelous voice. Quiver is attractive in this as it doesn’t push her.
@miyvsk7449 She's likely "marking," that is, singing in a fraction of her voice. For one thing, she's hardly opening her mouth. It's a monster of a voice. She can dominate an entire ensemble with it. Recordings can be sooooo misleading.
