Welcome to the first episode of the Seraphic Saturday Podcast! Our monthly podcasts will be filled with smart and frank discussions of classical music featuring the charming and witty cast of Seraphic Fire’s artistic company as well as special guests.
Gamma ut
What is a Seraphic Fire?
Quigley & James K. Bass, Professor of Music at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA, discuss 17 years of Seraphic Fire with a brief intro to the ensemble and its music-making.
Soprano Margot Rood talks about the release of her new solo album, “Living In Light: The Music of Heather Gilligan,” recording Charpentier with the Boston Early Music Festival and Ockeghem with Blue Heron. She also delves into details on regional accents, historically informed summer stock, and performing Bach and Handel with Seraphic Fire.
Seraphic Fire regulars Kathryn Mueller, soprano, Misty Bermudez, mezzo-soprano, Reginald Mobley, countertenor, Steven Soph, tenor, and James Bass discuss Seraphic Fire history in this retelling of their favorite on-the-road stories.
Seraphic Saturday Podcast producer Alexis Aimé presents questions submitted by listeners and Quigley answers.
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*Guido, an Italian monk in the early 1500s, invented the predecessor of the tonic sol-fa system, Julie Andrews’ favorite, which consists of doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah and te. "Gamma ut" was the lowest note in the medieval musical scale. Eventually, the word was shortened to gamut, referring to his whole system; and, now commonly used, ‘the whole gamut’ has evolved to mean the complete range or scope of anything.
