The staged production of Raphaël Pichon’s concept for Mozart’s Requiem with director Romeo Castellucci premiered at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, 2019. After several dates across Europe, a concert version premiered at the 2023 BBC Proms; The Times headline exclaimed, “Mozart’s Requiem is reborn at the Proms” continuing with “It’s not often a performance of Mozart’s Requiem comes along that makes it sound …
Mozart: Requiem
Playlist
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626
Ying Fang; Beth Taylor; Laurence Kilsby; Alex Rosen; Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon
Mozart: “Miserere mei” (Originally “Kyrie”), K. 90
Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon
Mozart: Motet, “Quis te comprehendat,” K. Anh 110
Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon
Mozart: Two German Church Songs, K. 343/1, “O Gottes Lamm”
Beth Taylor; Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon
Silenced: Unsung Voices of the 20th Century
Tenor Ian Koziara and pianist Bradley Moore spotlight art songs by Franz Schreker, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Viktor Ullmann, and Alexander von Zemlinsky, whose musical achievements were overshadowed by the oppression of the Third Reich. This album marks the first tenor-voice recording for almost all of these rare songs. The musical language of these early 20th century works is more Late Romantic …
Playlist
Select songs by Franz Schreker, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Viktor Ullmann, and Alexander von Zemlinsky
Douce France
French tenor Benjamin Bernheim’s first song recital album pairs him with his regular collaborator, pianist Carrie Ann Matheson. Matheson is artistic director of the San Francisco Opera Center and the Merola Opera Program and was formerly coach, prompter, and assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera. Bernheim made his American debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2019 in Gounod’s Faust …
Playlist
Berlioz: “Les nuits d’été” (3 songs)
Chausson: Interflude from “Poème de l’amour et de la mer,”
Henri Duparc: Select songs (4)
Kosma: “Autumn Leaves”
Charles Trenet: “Douce France”
Jacues Brel: “Quand on n’a que l’amour”
Her Song
Austin based Grammy-nominated baritone, trumpeter, and pianist, Michael Hawes (former Chicagoan and former member of Axiom Brass) has devoted his first solo album to the music of Florence Price. Hawes sings most of the selections with pianist Eugenia Jeong. Four of the songs are performed on the trumpet. A brass ensemble, which includes the distinguished trombonist Randall Hawes, Michael’s father, …
Playlist
All works composed by Florence Price
Five songs for voice and piano
Four songs arranged for Trumpet and piano
Adoration arranged for trumpet and brass ensemble
Octet for Brasses and Piano (complete + 2nd mvmt)
