Vaughn Lindquist - Honor and Arms by G.F. Handel

Baritone Vaughn Lindquist performed his recital "Giving Voice to LGBTI Compositions" in June, 2009. The recital was designed to highlight composers known, or theorized to be gay.

To learn more about Vaughn, visit www.VaughnLindquist.com. To learn more about Handel, pick up "Handel as Orpheus" by Ellen T. Harris.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Giving
• Voice
• to
• LGBTI
• Compositions
• Honor
• and
• Arms

[WJCairns]

Too slow, really - put a little more vim in it.

[vocalvaughn]

@WJCairns I can't disagree. I've sung this many times in performance since the recital and have brought it back up to a faster tempo.

[WaitonAlsoSings]

Beautiful, and you have the total baritone package. Did you post a faster version of this yet, because I'd love to hear you whip your way through the melismas! Truly a wonderful idea, by the way, giving voice to LGBT(I?) composers. Bravo!

[novoconfuso]

I actually think this tempo gives the aria a very nice caracter. It gets the irony better I think. I sing it faster though.

[chrissoftail]

amazing 

[Dosunty]

@vocalvaughn It's good to practice with, though. :)

[GabrielOfTheeInferno]

on a separate note, you had a far greater ability of hitting the largely spaced notes without the sound of sliding than i did

[GabrielOfTheeInferno]

superb performance.

the only things i noticed (as being overly perfectionist in my own singing of this song) were that you breathed during the longer phrases. i managed to do this at the expense of pain in both the inhale and the exhale, but it was worth it to have unbroken phrases. the only other thing i noticed was that on the rolling phrases you went from on time to VERY slightly offbeat (too fast)

none the less, you still deserve 5 stars and a class 1 ranking.

[yezumanuel]

Beautiful voice and great work!!! Have someone ever tell you that you have a physical resemblance to Bass-baritone Justino Diaz in his youth? hahaha or maybe it's just me.