(Credit: Sim-Canetty-Clarke) San Francisco Performances is set to feature tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Wenwen Du in a performance of Schubert’s “Winterreise” on Oct. 21, 2023. The showcase will kick off at 7:30 p.m. at the Herbst Theatre. “It’s an honor to welcome back the extraordinary tenor Ian Bostridge, in a program that he has truly made his own. His {…}
Austria’s Schubertiade has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Hohenems Soprano Nikola Hillebrand and pianist Helmut Deutsch will perform works by Schubert, Clara Schumann, and Strauss. Performance Date: April 28, 2024 Bass David Steffens and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz will take on music by Schubert, Brahms, and Strauss. Performance Date: April 29, 2024 Tenor Mauro Peter joins {…}
La Jolla Music Society has announced its 2023 SummerFest, which will take place at The Conrad in San Diego, California between July 28 and August 26. The season’s main theme will be “The Great Unknown.” “Audiences will discover fantastical and otherworldly pieces, myths, fairy tales, dreams, and memories, reveling both in the canon’s most beloved works and in hidden gems {…}
(Credit: Frances Marshall) The program for “Schubert Week” has been unveiled. The program, which will take place between Jan. 16-22, 2023 at Pierre Boulez Saal, will kick off with Thomas Hampson and Wolfram Rieger in performance. The duo will present music by Carl Loewe, Schubert, Mahler, Zemlinsky, Hindemith, Ives, and Daugherty. Performance Date: Jan. 16, 2023 Next up, mezzo-soprano Susan {…}
Spotlight Artists Management is set to present “Christmas in the Village” on Dec. 9, 2022 at St. John’s in the Village in New York City. The showcase will feature music by Korngold, Strauss, Bach, Catalani, Schubert, Ravel, Guastavino, de Falla, Offenbach, Piazzola, and Nataliya Medvedovskaya. Performers include Eugenia Forteza, Zoya Gramagin, Lucas Levy, Sara Beth Pearson, and Daniel Scofield. Alexander {…}
(Credit: Arielle Doneson) The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has announced its Winter Festival entitled “The Magic of Schubert.” For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. First up will be a concert entitled “Into Eternity” featuring baritone Nikolay Borchev. He will be joined by the Orion String Quartet and pianist Wu Han. {…}
Countertenor John Holiday will star in an upcoming concert at the 92Y in New York City. The performance, slated for Nov. 20, 2022, will feature the countertenor alongside musicians from the New York Philharmonic, including violinist Michelle Kim, violist Cong Wu, cellist Ru-Pei Yeh, flutist Yoobin Son, and pianist Eric Huebner. The program will commence with selections from Schubert’s “Die {…}
Carnegie Hall and WQXR have announced the 2022-23 season of “Carnegie Hall Live.” For the purposes of this article, the focus will be on vocal performances only. The first such broadcast will be a performance of Schubert’s Mass No. 6 in E-flat Major, D. 950. Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in a performance that stars Joélle Harvey, Daryl Freedman, {…}
(© Sim Canetty-Clarke) At the pinnacle of the song cycle is Schubert’s “Winterreise.” It is a work that has been mythologized and has influenced generations of composers thereafter including Mahler, Britten, and Maury Yeston to name just a few. While written for tenor, it has nonetheless been recorded and performed by lower male voices as well as a plethora {…}
On April 3, 2022, CAL PERFORMANCES presented “Sunday in the Park,” a musical celebration that filled the heart, mind, and soul for nearly two hours. Two artists of exceptional talent—Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano extraordinaire and noted American composer and pianist Jake Heggie—offered a program ranging from Schubert and Brahms to Price and Heggie himself. The concert was a sheer and satisfying delight {…}
(Credit: Lars Borges) Famed baritone Benjamin Appl is set to have a rather unique set of performances and releases centering on Schubert’s iconic “Winterreise.” The baritone will be at the center of a new film version of the work by John Bridcut which will be presented on BBC TV this December. Then, on Feb. 11, 2022, Alpha Classics will release {…}