Singers Who Have Performed Hundley's Songs
Northrup Auditorium, University of Minneapolis March 1963 Anna Moffo Winnipeg Auditorium October 1963 Teresa Stratas Orchestra Hall, Chicago November 1965 Betty Allen Metropolitan Opera Studio June 1972 Catherine Christensen, Faye Robinson, Rose Taylor, Sidney Johnson and Saverio Barbieri Carnegie Hall September 22, 1982 Lona Culmer The Newport Music Festival Summers 1983, 1984, 1986, and 1987 Nadine Secunde, Glenn Siebert, Melanie Sonnenberg,Jeanne Ommerle, Christopher Trakas, and Susan Roberts Weill Recital Hall, New York April 20, 1987 Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Theresa L. Kaufman Conert Hall, New York Nevember 13, 1990 Dawn Kotoski, Eugenia Zuckerman, and Warren Jones The Oprea Theater of St. Louis December 5, 1994 Christine Brewer and Kirt Pavitt Wigmore Hall October 13, 1996 David Daniels
Reviews
Hundley is a polished craftsman who can spin out very lilting melodies. The blithe and bubbley Jenny Wren is an especially delectable number. I also recall the exquisitely nostalgia of one of the songs Come Ready and See Me. High Fidelity, June 1972 Hundley is a natural born melodist, with a keen instinct for poetic quality. His music has mood and sequence, textural substance and, and rhythmic grace. It has a directness that caual listeners might call charming except the word is currently in disgrace. Chicago's American, June 1964 I have just spent a wonderful time with Octaves and Sweet Sounds. You are truely a master & I love your work. John Corigliano, Febuary 1994 A gifted, traditionalist composer of songs...Hundley's natural bent is for setting words to music in a clearly romantic, custom-fit fashion, as if one were meant for the other.. The Providence Journal: Edwin Safford, 1984 Richard Hundley....is sort of an American Poulenc, expert at creating characterful melodies and illuminating their corners with flashes of harmonic surprise. Musical America, May 1991 There is a warm quality to Mr. Hundley's music. Evening Express Portland ME, 1971
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