Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
***** "American Art Song" began in the Colonial period, expanding greatly in the latter 19th century and spilling into the 20th-21st centuries. Randall, who has a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance (University of Colorado) has a particular affinity for contemporary art song and opera.
Featured here is AMOR DE MI ALMA (starts at 00:22) with tenor Grant Harper (and Randall at the piano). LOVE'S WANING SEASONS [06:15] is a set of 4 works for piano, voice (and flute on mvt 3) featuring poetry of Walter de la Mare, Sara Teasdale, Shakespeare, and Charlotte Mew. Soprano Marian Stieber, tenor Jon Garrison, and Randall (piano) are the artists. I AM NOT YOURS was recorded in the spring of 2024 with April Golliver Mohiuddin, soprano and Randall as piano collaborator.
AMOR DE MI ALMA - order directly from zrstroope.com
LOVE'S WANING SEASONS - published by Colla Voce
I AM NOT YOURS - order directly from zrstroope.com
Join the over 4,180 subscribers to Randall's channel, and see/hear the 108 other videos he has created with his music. Several new works have just been recorded, including his new 30' IN PARADISUM, released in the spring. Additional YouTubes will be released in the next few weeks.
***** "American Art Song" began in the Colonial period, expanding greatly in the latter 19th century and spilling into the 20th-21st centuries. Randall, who has a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance (University of Colorado) has a particular affinity for contemporary art song and opera.
Featured here is AMOR DE MI ALMA (starts at 00:22) with tenor Grant Harper (and Randall at the piano). LOVE'S WANING SEASONS [06:15] is a set of 4 works for piano, voice (and flute on mvt 3) featuring poetry of Walter de la Mare, Sara Teasdale, Shakespeare, and Charlotte Mew. Soprano Marian Stieber, tenor Jon Garrison, and Randall (piano) are the artists. I AM NOT YOURS was recorded in the spring of 2024 with April Golliver Mohiuddin, soprano and Randall as piano collaborator.
AMOR DE MI ALMA - order directly from zrstroope.com
LOVE'S WANING SEASONS - published by Colla Voce
I AM NOT YOURS - order directly from zrstroope.com
Join the over 4,180 subscribers to Randall's channel, and see/hear the 108 other videos he has created with his music. Several new works have just been recorded, including his new 30' IN PARADISUM, released in the spring. Additional YouTubes will be released in the next few weeks.
![ALLEGRO [SA voices], (La Gloria per Imeneo) Vivaldi, ed. Stroope](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wzLHZwClCog/mqdefault.jpg "ALLEGRO [SA voices], (La Gloria per Imeneo) Vivaldi, ed. Stroope
***** A flamboyant, richly adorned melodic with resonant architecture describes Antonio Vivaldis ALLEGRO - first performed in 1725 at a ROYAL WEDDING. Wonderful example of Baroque style!
Utilizes a brief secular Italian text ( A pronunciation guide in IPA is included.) Has an optional solo duet in the B section of the work..
SA/Piano score - Walton Music WW 2094 duration: 310
SA/String Quartet & keyboard (harpsichord) WW 2094A
GREAT STORY: Venetian composer, Antonio Vivaldi, was commissioned by the French ambassador to Venice - Jacques-Vincent Languet, to write a work for the occasion of the wedding of Louis XV to the Polish princess Maria Leszczyńska. The wedding took place in the ambassadors garden on the 12th of September. The entire work that Vivaldi composed was 22 movements, with this Allegro being the last. The story involves two characters (each with their own musical line) - IMENEO (a mythological god and offspring of Apollo) and LA GLORIA (an allegorical character).
translation: These shall enjoy even more of their pleasure, once [they are] in the embrace of true contentment. The blessed torch shines for now, lighting the path to true happiness, but only amidst a long-awaited calm.
Join the over 4,180 subscribers to Randalls channel, and see/hear the other 108 videos he has created. Several new works have just been recorded, including his new extended (six-movement) work, IN PARADISUM - released in spring 2026 (go to zrstroope.com to listen and see a score.).")
