Barbara Bonney's Recital: Sibelius - A Scandinavian Dichterliebe (with Malcolm Martineau)

[@MariaShouse-h8f]

It's easy to love the voice of Barbara Bonney. The mixture of lyricism and power in her performances is just stunning.

[@MariaShouse-h8f]

Such gorgeous singing! Barbara Bonney is one of my favorite opera singers.

[@annaspielman9250]

Wonderful singer and the pianist. I love it 😍

[@ten5ionator]

Her rendition of ave maria is the most beautiful that exists

[@y.s320]

Thank you for sharing!!!! Stunning!!

[@stevekwonesq]

Beautifully conceived and implemented!

[@NareshNaresh-lr9nq]

Wow! What a voice she has? A legendary performance, indeed

[@robertmanno5749]

What a gorgeous singer.

[@AdmiralSilver96]

1:08 Sibelius - A Scandinavian Dichterliebe 3:23 Stenhammar - Till en ros 7:16 Grieg - Med en vandlilje 10:16 Stenhammar - Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte 15:25 Sibelius - Vilse 17:01 Stenhammar - Adagio 20:03 Grieg - Jeg elsker Dig 21:58 Stenhammar - Fylgia 24:56 Alfven - Så tag mit hjerte 28:10 Sibelius - Den första kyssen 30:48 Stenhammar - I skogen (Dans la föret) 33:22 Sjöberg - Tonerna 36:13 Sibelius - Var det en dröm? 40:18 Schumann - Der Nussbaum - No III - (Liederkreis) 43:40 Liszt - 2. Oh! Quand je dors 48:54 Alfven - Skogen Sover

[@wocomoMUSIC]

Thanks for the time codes ;) we have added them to the video description, to make it easier to watch with the chapters :)

[@davidnjohn]

Kant said that Concept without Intuition is empty, and Intuition without Concept is blind. Here we have the perfect blend. Her technique is stunning and her emotional intelligence and artistry is compelling. The consummate musician in my view, and she’s also very beautiful 😊 ~ (oh yeah, and the accompanist is really good).

[@dskim24]

If CDs wore down, I would have worn out my Diamonds in the Snow CD. The Stenhammar Fylgia in particular, I bet I've listened to Bonney's performance of that a hundred times. She's my favorite singer. It was on Gardiner's Mozart requiem recording that I discovered how entirely celestial her voice is.

[@conwayboezak335]

Have you heard her Pergolesi Stabat Mater with Andreas Scholl? IMO you will not find a better performance anywhere, ever!

[@rogeriobotelho9692]

Sinplismente o máximo ! Parabéns grande artista. Brasil 👍❤

[@coldwindblowing]

Brazil 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@АлександрКадыров-ч1ф]

Красиво! Прекрасный голос и прекрасное владение им!

[@jooheelee3893]

Thx for upload

[@corinatudor9765]

Wonderfule voice.!

[@jooheelee3893]

❤❤

[@jooheelee3893]

❤❤😂

[@troldhaugen]

Barbara's accent is not American. It sounds sort of British and sort of American. Is there a name for that accent?

[@dskim24]

lol, I can say it's not a Jersey accent, which is where she's from. I think she just ennunciates really well. Funny thing -- I've always noticed Peter Dinklage's accent, it sounds a bit British, and he's also from New Jersey, Jersey shore in fact, literally the farthest you can get in terms of sociolinguistics.

[@zzausel]

Her pronounciation in every language is very clear. Let us call this an educated American.

[@togian755]

She's lived in Britain. So her speaking reflects the places she's lived.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

@@zzausel Well stated. 👍

[@conradinhawaii7856]

Barbara was born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1956. She learned to play piano and cello as a child. When she was 13, her family moved to coastal Portland Maine, where she became a member of the Portland Symphony Youth Orchestra as a cellist. She attended the University of New Hampshire for two years, studying German language and music, including singing. In her junior year, she was accepted by the University of Salzburg, Austria, where she switched her major from cello to voice. While there, she also studied at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. Many years later, when well into her professional career, she received an honorary PhD from UNH. Barbara has spent much of her adult and professional life in Germany and Austria, and has performed throughout Europe (and the U.S.), especially the past several years where she has been a University Professor of Lyric Singing at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, as well as also being a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London. All of that may have slightly influenced her manner of speaking and pronunciation of certain words. But her "accent", if it can called that, is simply precise and beautiful "American English", whether or not you agree.