Janet Sullins – Gershwin’s “Summertime”
I work with a lovely lady named Janet Sullins. Though I don’t know her well, I do know that she’s a telecom expert and about the most cheerful gal I’ve ever met. Seriously, I feel like Scrooge around her these days, but I really have come to appreciate her smile because it’s so dependable.
She’s also an incredible violinist with a laudable résumé looking for gigs in Michigan (UP’ers, you too, eh?). She didn’t ask me to do this—I’m just doing it for her because I think she deserves recognition, and as thanks for her ever-kindness. Thanks, Jan!
And don’t just take my word on it, friends: I’m a music-lover, but certainly not an expert—I can’t even spell Tchaikovsky without looking it up. So, do yourself a favor and judge for yourselves by listening to this rendition of Gershwin’s “Summertime” from the folk-opera Porgy and Bess, which will soon be available on her solo album, Janet Sullins – Only A Mother.
I picked Gershwin because he’s my favorite American composer (aside from Cole Porter, but they’re in different classes to me), but her album is a delightful mix of folk, what I would consider inspirational, and classical, including a Vivaldi concerto. Don’t ask me which one, though—hey, you’re lucky I know what a concerto is, let alone whose it is. ;) But, seriously, I'm not sure which one or in which key it's played in, and she's not around right now to ask, so I'll have to leave it at that.
Click HERE to the listen to the M4A (2.6 MB) of “Summertime”, but be reminded that this is copyrighted material and all rights are reserved. Enjoy it, but don’t exploit it!
Or, if you can’t play a MPEG-4 file, you can click HERE to listen to lesser quality 60 second WAV (1.1 MB).
You can also learn more by visiting her website: http://www.janetsullins.com/
Ciao, tesorinas!
She’s also an incredible violinist with a laudable résumé looking for gigs in Michigan (UP’ers, you too, eh?). She didn’t ask me to do this—I’m just doing it for her because I think she deserves recognition, and as thanks for her ever-kindness. Thanks, Jan!
And don’t just take my word on it, friends: I’m a music-lover, but certainly not an expert—I can’t even spell Tchaikovsky without looking it up. So, do yourself a favor and judge for yourselves by listening to this rendition of Gershwin’s “Summertime” from the folk-opera Porgy and Bess, which will soon be available on her solo album, Janet Sullins – Only A Mother.
I picked Gershwin because he’s my favorite American composer (aside from Cole Porter, but they’re in different classes to me), but her album is a delightful mix of folk, what I would consider inspirational, and classical, including a Vivaldi concerto. Don’t ask me which one, though—hey, you’re lucky I know what a concerto is, let alone whose it is. ;) But, seriously, I'm not sure which one or in which key it's played in, and she's not around right now to ask, so I'll have to leave it at that.
Click HERE to the listen to the M4A (2.6 MB) of “Summertime”, but be reminded that this is copyrighted material and all rights are reserved. Enjoy it, but don’t exploit it!
Or, if you can’t play a MPEG-4 file, you can click HERE to listen to lesser quality 60 second WAV (1.1 MB).
You can also learn more by visiting her website: http://www.janetsullins.com/
Ciao, tesorinas!
posted by trace at 10:36 AM
3 Comments:
Hey. They MOT is going to do Porgy and Bess next year. Maybe we should buy some cheap seats and go?
I had no idea (which is probably just as well, I would have pestered her to play for us) (well, not really, but I would have wanted to). Beautfiful music.
--Tricia
That was lovely.
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