Below is an excerpt from Delos Director Carol Rosenberger‘s new memoir, To Play Again, about when she first came across the music of Mark Abel: As I continue as caretaker of Delos, there are always exciting developments on the horizon—some carefully planned and others completely unexpected. And I always wish I could share them with…
Listen to the December 7th KCBX interview with Mark Abel that aired before their broadcast of Home is a Harbor: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/299908734″ params=”color=006a50&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Order Now KZSU Review Lorrin “Larry” Koran, a psychiatrist by trade, is the classical music director of KZSU-FM, Stanford University’s radio station. He recently praised Mark Abel’s Home…
Order Now Wednesday, December 7 at 6:30pm Pacific, KCBX Radio will be broadcasting an interview with Delos composer Mark Abel, which will be followed by the broadcast of the full Home Is A Harbor opera! If you’re not on California’s Central Coast, you can also listen live or on demand for up to a week…
Maria Nockin’s list of her four 2016 favorites begins with Mark Abel’s Home Is a Harbor: Order Now “Mark Abel’s opera Home Is a Harbor is a musical work looking for a stage. I loved listening to it and I’m in hopes of seeing it performed sometime in the future. It tells of two very…
Order Now David Maurer says “Let us hope that Abel finds a way to get this opera produced in Los Angeles, because with the right director it could be a terrific show.” in his new review of Mark Abel’s Home Is A Harbor opera and recording: “‘Art music’ is a coded phrase for music that…
Soprano Hila Plitmann and pianist Tali Tadmor perform the world premiere of “The Palm Trees Are Restless”: Five Poems of Kate Gale by composer Mark Abel at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Pasadena, Ca., October 1, 2016. Read The Palm Trees Are Restless Lyrics THE PALM TREES ARE RESTLESS Five Poems of Kate Gale 1.…
I Care If You Listen Magazine has a new feature on Delos as a part of their #ClassicalMusicMonth series. As part of the series, our own Carol Rosenberger answers Five Questions about Delos! Read her introduction to Delos here and see the full feature on ICareIfYouListen.com! During the 1971-72 concert season, a California psychologist by…
Houston Public Media’s Classical Classroom features Delos composer Mark Abel for a fantastic discussion on Art Song! Have a listen: Speaking of Art Songs by Mark Abel… Hila Plitmann Premieres The Palm Trees Are Restless October 01, 2016 – 8:00pm Boston Court Performing Arts Center 70 N. Mentor Ave. Pasadena, CA 91106 Tickets Apple Music…
Order Now “Mark Abel has devoted most of his composing career to writing song cycles, including those represented on two previous Delos releases. The current disc is a recording of his first opera, Home is a Harbor. Abel spent some formative years as a rock musician, and he has a knack for integrating catchy, interesting…
Order Now More ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews on on Amazon! “I have found previous works of Mark Abel both beautiful and compelling; “The Dream Gallery” and “Terrain of the Heart”, but “Home is a Harbor” is a masterwork that has provided me with a new experience. Never an opera fan, (with the exception of Mozart’s works), my…
New Times San Luis Obispo profiles Mark Abel and his new Home is a Harbor recording: “The sounds of the ocean waves crashing against the shore whirl about and hit the ear in a melodic way. Their siren song is both enchanting and indecipherable, with a pull as strong as a riptide. The vocal waves…
“Abel employs a colorful blend of styles … (that) serve the emotional nature of each work to bracing and poignant effect. Abel’s lucid narrative and vibrant vocal lines, combined with telling orchestrations for a chamber ensemble, make (the opera Home Is a Harbor) an affecting experience. The cast is strong and Benjamin Makino conducts the…
“Having had a major critical success with his song cycle The Dream Gallery, Mark Abel has written his first opera, Home Is a Harbor. The three-act piece has not yet been staged (but) I am in hopes of seeing it performed because its exquisite score cries out for the addition of visual creativity.… In the…
“Looking over the cast bios (for “Home Is a Harbor”), one is struck by the fact that nearly all the participants in this project are California-based, making the point very clearly that (the state) has become an important cultural hub in the country, and Mr. Abel is at the forefront of its musical life. The…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Amazon! “As we all know great artists push boundaries within their genre of music to new heights i.e. Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Miles Davis… All these artists have taken their respective genre of Folk, Rock, Jazz or Hip Hop and stretched them into the main stream and made us listen. You get the…
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