Vern Sutton, tenor
Keith Weber, piano
In the words of Garrison Keillor, "Vern Sutton is a gifted and big-hearted singer and performer, the guy you'd want to sing "Abide With Me" at your grandma's funeral and also the guy who, if you'd composed an opera in which Max, a World War I aviator with Tourette's, roller-skates onstage and rassles a bison while singing a twelve-tone aria in German, you'd want to play Max."
When taking your first glance at the program of one of our song recitals, you might think that the typist had made a mistake or that some malfunctioning software combined the programs of several different singers or that we've simply lost our minds. It's actually the result of the happy coming-together of our odd, unusual, rich performing backgrounds; our sense of mission in reviving, for both the new and the seasoned concert-goer, the vitality of our favorite medium, the song recital; our deep belief that there is great music in every style; and the gratifying discovery that it is possible for us together to express and even make sense of all the things mixed together in our backgrounds.
For thirteen years, Vern Sutton was a regular guest on Garrison Keillor's original "A Prairie Home Companion" on American Public radio. As s singer and actor, he has sung over 60 different roles, and for thirty years has been producer of the opera program at the University of Minnesota.
Keith Weber is known throughout the nation for his unique musical versatility as organist, pianist, harpsichordist, collaborator, conductor, coach, and choral clinician.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.schubert.org
Track List:
1. Without a Song
2. Down East
3. Music for a While
4. Prologue (from Mis Manners on Music)
5. By Strauss
6. Pretty Women
7. Amarilli
8. The saga of Jenny
9. An Silvia
10. San Antonio Rose
11. Maxim's (from the Merry Widow)
12. Stop all the Clocks (from Poems of Love and Rain)
13. Lord's Aria (from Christopher Sly)
14. Errol Flynn
15. Soliloquy (from Carousel)
16. The Green-eyed Dragon
17. Old Shep
18. Don Basilios Aria (from the Marriage of Figaro)
19. Syksyy'”Autumn (Two Old Crows)
20. The Teddy Bear's Picnic
21. All the Things You Are
Suggested CDs:
Keith Weber, piano
In the words of Garrison Keillor, "Vern Sutton is a gifted and big-hearted singer and performer, the guy you'd want to sing "Abide With Me" at your grandma's funeral and also the guy who, if you'd composed an opera in which Max, a World War I aviator with Tourette's, roller-skates onstage and rassles a bison while singing a twelve-tone aria in German, you'd want to play Max."
When taking your first glance at the program of one of our song recitals, you might think that the typist had made a mistake or that some malfunctioning software combined the programs of several different singers or that we've simply lost our minds. It's actually the result of the happy coming-together of our odd, unusual, rich performing backgrounds; our sense of mission in reviving, for both the new and the seasoned concert-goer, the vitality of our favorite medium, the song recital; our deep belief that there is great music in every style; and the gratifying discovery that it is possible for us together to express and even make sense of all the things mixed together in our backgrounds.
For thirteen years, Vern Sutton was a regular guest on Garrison Keillor's original "A Prairie Home Companion" on American Public radio. As s singer and actor, he has sung over 60 different roles, and for thirty years has been producer of the opera program at the University of Minnesota.
Keith Weber is known throughout the nation for his unique musical versatility as organist, pianist, harpsichordist, collaborator, conductor, coach, and choral clinician.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.schubert.org
Track List:
1. Without a Song
2. Down East
3. Music for a While
4. Prologue (from Mis Manners on Music)
5. By Strauss
6. Pretty Women
7. Amarilli
8. The saga of Jenny
9. An Silvia
10. San Antonio Rose
11. Maxim's (from the Merry Widow)
12. Stop all the Clocks (from Poems of Love and Rain)
13. Lord's Aria (from Christopher Sly)
14. Errol Flynn
15. Soliloquy (from Carousel)
16. The Green-eyed Dragon
17. Old Shep
18. Don Basilios Aria (from the Marriage of Figaro)
19. Syksyy'”Autumn (Two Old Crows)
20. The Teddy Bear's Picnic
21. All the Things You Are
Suggested CDs:
- The Schubert Club Gamelan Ensemble
- Klemp/Kachian
- Walz, Richard
- Tony Hauser/Clea Galhano
- Galhano/Montgomery Duo
- POP: Quirky
- CLASSICAL: Traditional
- SOLO MALE ARTIST