Deborah Wai Kapohe - Shall We Gather At The River By Ives

Recorded Marama Hall Dunedin 8th September 2010 - Deborah Wai Kapohe - Shall We Gather At The River By Ives.

John Van Buskirk, a versatile pianist referred to by the NY Times as "sensitive and assertive", has a broad experience of music both as an academic and as a practical discipline. He has played from Los Angeles and New York to Budapest, from Prince Edward Island to the Netherland Antilles as a recitalist, chamber music player and recital partner to singers and instrumentalists. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School, he completed post-graduate study at the Liszt Academy in Budapest. While living in New York City he played in The Music Today Ensemble, The New York Chamber Symphony and the Mostly Mozart Orchestra of Lincoln Center. In New England, John taught at Bennington College, Westfield State College and Smith College. He has performed in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Wigmore Hall; also for radio broadcast in the US and the UK. Mr. Van Buskirk's prolific recordings include those made as a member of the New York Chamber Symphony and the Harmonie Ensemble among others; his solo recordings include Music of Robert Schumann, The Art of the Fortepiano and Songs of Robert Schumann, with Jane Bryden. Mr. Van Buskirk has played with the Mendelssohn Quartet, members of the Guarneri Quartet, the Jacques Thibaud String Trio, the Ying Quartet and at music festivals throughout New England. Since relocating to Dunedin, John Van Buskirk has adjudicated several IRMT competitions, tutored at the University of Otago and is an examiner for the New Zealand Music Examinations Board. In addition to concerts of the violin/piano La Belle Alliance (Tessa Petersen and John Van Buskirk), he has performed with such well-known New Zealand artists as Terence Dennis, Dame Malvina Major, Edith Salzman and Alexa Still, as well as Deborah Wai Kapohe.

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• Deborah
• Wai
• Kapohe
• Shall
• We
• Gather
• At
• The
• River
• By
• Ives

[yraggnik]

Thoughtful and very engaging performances by the singer and pianist, here. Deborah Wai Kapohe has a lovely voice. It is all the more unfortunate, therefore, that the audio recording has several glitches.

[naizret]

Nicely done, Certainly captures the spirit of Ives ...