Kelsey Popovich sings Rorem's "The Lordly Hudson"

Kelsey Popovich, sixteen year old soprano, delivers a fine dramatic performance of Ned Rorem's art song, "The Lordly Hudson," setting of the poem by Paul Goodman at the 2009 Oregon State solo vocal competition held at the University of Oregon. Her accompanist is Brenda Noland.
Filmed live in High Definition video with stereo digital sound.
Text of the song:
"Driver, what stream is it?"- I asked, well knowing it was our lordly Hudson hardly flowing. "It is our lordly Hudson," hardly flowing," he said, "under the green-grown cliffs.
Be still, heart!
No one needs your passionate suffrage to select this glory- this is our lordly Hudson hardly flowing under the green-grown cliffs.
"Driver, has this a peer in Europe or the East?" "No, no!" he said.
Home! Home!
Be quiet , heart! This is our lordly Hudson and has no peer in Europe or the East;
this is our lordly Hudson hardly flowing under the green-grown cliffs and has no peer in Europe or the East;
be quiet, heart!
Home! Home!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Classical
• soprano
• vocal
• solo
• Kelsey Popovich
• Ned Rorem
• The Lordly Hudson
• Paul Goodman
• OSAA
• Brenda Noland
• art
• song

[dbrel]

very lovely voice You have been taught well ! I'd like to hear a few longer lines -- even where Rorem may have snuck in an eighth rest... My other problem is the word "under" -- try sustaining the first vowel longer instead of going to "unnnnnnnder".... "uuuuuuuuunder" is better and will show more of your beautiful tone ! please keep posting as you progress more -- I'd love to see where you are in 5 years !

[BrettKP]

Thanks for the suggestion. You are right, I often close to the consonant before giving enough length to the vowel...

[eckogen]

Does anyone know where i can get the words to this song?

[BrettKP]

The song is a setting of the Paul Goodman poem by the same name, but I will put the text in the description of the video for you above.

[larsgerstenberg]

What a lovely voice! And a fine and thoughtful interpretation.... I haven't heard this since my first year at Boston Conservatory (1976!).... very nice. Thanks very much!

[RoseNos]

i study voice as well as a soprano, great performace and stage presence, beautiful voice and breath support. really fantastic!

[piccaluteti]

It is beautiful. She has a voice.

[BernardProfitendieu]

everywhere?