Mark Stone sings Glen Roven's "Shakespeare Songs"

Mark Stone and Daniel Okulitch

One of our favorite song writers at Barihunks is the New York-based composer Glen Roven. He also seems to be the favorite of many actual barihunks, including Randal Turner and Daniel Okulitch, who both included his songs on their recent CD releases. His songs have also been sung in recital and on CD by Morgan Smith, David Adam Moore, Jonathan Beyer and Andrew Garland. Here is a selection of Mark Stone singing his "Shakespeare Songs" from a Carnegie Hall recital on May 19, 2010.



Roven's collection of Shakespeare Songs have just been published and are available at a 15% discount at Bill Holab Music by entering the discount code GRSS-15. [The offer is good until 1/1/2013].  

 Randal Turner's CD and be bought at CD Baby, Amazon or accessed on Spotify. Daniel Okulitch's CD can be purchased at GPR Records.

Mark Stone: Barihunk On The Run

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Mark Stone at Carnegie Hall

We love promoting American composers on this site and were thrilled that Jake Heggie's "Moby Dick" at Dallas Opera has received universal critical acclaim. We're still hoping a John Adams opera will make the site someday, as he is one of the true American masters. We've featured posts on operas and vocal music from Mark Adamo, Ricky Ian Gordon, Leonard Bernstein, Tobias Picker, Lerner & Loewe, Carlisle Floyd, Glen Roven and Andre Previn.

So we were thrilled to learn that the May 19 concert at Carnegie Hall singing the music of 4-time Emmy Award winning composer Glen Roven is almost completely sold out. We hear that there are only a handful of tickets, so click HERE to order.

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Sexiest Don Giovanni Contest

I've received some email asking me what the Don Giovanni candidates in our poll look like. One can always search in the box on the upper right hand corner of the site for whomever you're looking for. It has already been pointed out to me that I left off Erwin Schrott, which was completely inadvertent. I'll make up for it by posting some great photos in the near future.

Make sure to vote. Here are out contestants from top to bottom:

1. Christopher Maltman as Don Giovanni
2. Mariusz Kwiecien as Don Giovanni
3. Randal Turner in Cosi
4. Simon Keenlyside as Don Giovanni
5. Cesare Siepi as Don Giovanni
6. Ildebrando d'Arcangelo in Le Nozze di Figaro
7. Daniel Okulitch as Don Giovanni
8. Martin Achrainer as Don Giovanni
9. Mark Stone as Don Giovanni

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