Dido's Death: An Art Song by Elias Dagher, with Gia Greene, Soprano

A short composition from a festival where I received coaching from the Honorable Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The third song in a short set from Book 4 of Vergil's Aeneid (lines 700-705) describes the descent of Iris and the final breaths of Dido, Queen of Carthage. I am grateful to Gia Greene for partnering with me in this endeavor. Performed 1/31/2010 at New England Conservatory.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• dido
• death
• art
• song
• elias
• piano
• soprano
• greene
• gia
• dagher
• NEC
• carthage
• classical
• voice
• compostiont

[999janejones]

wow great performance! Elias you're really awesome!

[skryabyn]

@999janejones thanks very much!

[onyxjanae13]

Do you attend New England Conservatory?

[skryabyn]

@onyxjanae13 Yes, as a prep school student.

[KhagarBalugrak]

You know what? Art songs are better than other types of songs, due to their ugliness and contrarian qualities. I love ugly music, especially homoerotic music like this. Even better, music like this has some beautiful moments that immediately degenerate into ugliness, continually betraying the hopes of the listener that something beautiful will ultimately result from the piece. Five stars.

[Sphoric]

I see you there.

- A. Rii

[HyneseyBoy]

It's a beautiful song - well written and performed!

[Poulenque]

yéééé !!