Nathan Gunn joins Oliver Camacho to share his passion for American music and singing in English. Topics also include his early career as one of opera’s matinee idols, teaching the next generation of artists, and his forays into musical theater. Later this month, Nathan Gunn sings the role of Emile De Becque in a performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. Learn more New Philharmonic’s Broadway in Concert: South PacificHERE.
Watch Nathan Gunn sing “Joanna” from Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.
Playlist
All selections feature baritone Nathan Gunn.
Traditional, arr. Aaron Copland: At the River Traditional, arr. Lee Musiker: Shenandoah Gene Scheer: American Anthem
Kevin Murphy, piano
Gioachino Rossini: “All’idea di quel metallo” from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Munich Radio Orchestra
Miguel Gómez-Martínez, conductor
Benjamin Britten: “Look! Through the port comes the moon-shine astray!” from Billy Budd
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff: O, Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair, Op. 4 No. 4
Joshua Bell, violin
Jeremy Denk, piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
III. Reconciliation
Carmen Pelton, soprano Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
James van Heusen: Polka dots and moonbeams Billy Joel: And So It Goes Studio ensemble credited on Just Before Sunrise (Sony G0100012238737)