Friday, November 21, 2008

Fifth Avenue Meets The Cotton Club Chiang Mai, Thailand 9/28/2008



"Night and Day", a selection from "5th Avenue Meets The Cotton Club: Songs of Cole Porter and Duke Ellington", performed September 28, 2008 at the Shangri-La auditorium in Chiang Mai,Thailand. Antoine Garth and his trio.

Claude Debussy Le Balcon - Chiang Mai, Thailand 6/28/08



A selection from Cinq Poemes de Baudelaire by Claude Debussy sung by Antoine Garth, tenor with Jonas Dept, piano. Performed at the Shangri-La Auditorium Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Le Balcon

La Bonne Chanson - Chiang Mai, Thailand 6/28/08



Selections from Gabriel Faure's Song Cycle La Bonne Chanson sung by tenor Antoine Garth,tenor and David Wilson, piano in Chiang Mai, Thailand at the Shangri-La Auditorium in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Une Sainte dans son Aureole
Puisque L'Aube Grandit
La Lune Blanche

Monday, November 3, 2008

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 2004 - These Bones Gonna Rise



A traditional negro spiritual sung a capella with the help of students from the Royal Conservatory Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 2004 - Sometimes I Feel



This arrangement of "Sometimes I Feel" is very simple, but extremely effective.

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 2004 - Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells



This is the beginning of John Carter's magnificent "Cantata", which is a collection of negro spirituals organized into a song cycle. Each spiritual receives a sensitive and completely modern arrangement and the set generates quite a bit of excitement.

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 2004 - Weeping Angels



Weeping Angels by William Grant Still. A moody and beautiful piece.

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 2004 - Let Us Break Bread



John Carter's beautiful arrangement of "Let Us Break Bread Together".

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 2004 - Honor, Honor




This concert was part of a series of concerts for "African American History Month" and featured negro spirituals, work songs, art songs written by African American composers and jazz standards.

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 2004 - Ride On, King Jesus



This is one of the many selections available of a concert given under the auspices of "American Voices". The video was prepared for Vietnamese television.