Hera Hyesang Park (Photo by David Sisso & Guido Chouela)
Hera Hyesang Park joins WFMT to share selections from her recent concept album Breathe, focusing on spiritual, meditative arias and songs. The South Korean soprano brings a very personal approach to her choice of music, which ranges from classics by Rossini, Verdi, Massenet and more to recent works by contemporary composers Henryk Górecki, Cecilia Livingston, and Luke Howard.
Watch the music video for Luke Howard’s “While You Live,” which follows Ms. Park on a dreamlike voyage from an abandoned opera house to the middle of the ocean.
Playlist
All selections feature soprano Hera Hyesang Park.
Carl Orff: “In trutina” from Carmina Burana
Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra
Jochen Rieder, conductor
Gioachino Rossini: “Non si dà follia maggiore” from Il turco in Italia Giacomo Puccini: Musetta’s Waltz from La bohème
Wiener Symphoniker
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
Jules Massenet arr. Matthias Spindler: “Ave Maria” sur la Méditation de Thaïs* Liciano Refice: “Grazie sorelle!…Padre! Ho pregato” from Cecilia^ Engelbert Humperdinck: Evening Prayer from Hänsel und Gretel† Léo Delibes: Flower Duet from Lakmé† Henryk Górecki: “Mamo, nie płacz, nie” from Symphony No. 3 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” op. 36 Luke Howard: While You Live*
†Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano
*Giovanni Battista Fabris, violin
^Federico Romano, cello
Teatro Carlo Felice Chorus and Orchestra
Jochen Rieder, conductor
