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Norman Farrow (Bass-Baritone)

Born: May 6, 1916 - Canada
Died: September 1984 - Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

The Canadian bass-baritone, Norman Farrow, was a member of Bach Aria Group from its inception in 1946 to 1980. He was the bass soloist in a performance of Hadyn's The Creation in the Spring of 1957 in London, Ontario (Canada), with the soprano Angela Angelini and the tenor Alan Crofoot. He sang The Passion According to St.Paul by George Frideric Handel under the baton of Hugh Ross in March 1959 at Carnegie Hall in New York, and the bass parts in J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) and Magnificat (BWV 243) under the baton of Leonard Bernstein in December 1959 also at Carnegie Hall.

Norman Farrow taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). Among his pupils were Phil Stovall (bass-baritone), Wilson Jeffreys, and Daniel Scott (bass).


Source: Brian Reid (January 2009); Bits & pieces from various websites
Contributed by
Brian Reid & Aryeh Oron (January 2009)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Bach Aria Group

Bass

BWV 3, BWV 41, BWV 42, BWV 58, BWV 60, BWV 102
Selections from
BWV 8, BWV 42, BWV 47, BWV 56, BWV 60, BWV 63, BWV 79, BWV 97 (2), BWV 157 (2), BWV 159, BWV 234

Leonard Bernstein

Bass

BWV 243 [1st]

Erich Leinsdorf

Bass

[V-1] (1950, Radio recording): BWV 244 [sung in English]

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