Vocal Arts DC: Mezzo-Soprano Fleur Barron & Pianist Kunal Lahiry
$57.50
- Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano
- Kunal Lahiry, piano
Teodoro Valcárcel — Cantos del alma vernácula ("Tungu, tungu")
Ernesto Lecuona — Cinco canciones con versos de Juana de Ibarbourou ("La señora luna")
Gustav Mahler — Das Lied von der Erde ("Songs of the Earth") ("IV. Von der Schönheit")
Arnold Schoenberg — Tot ("Death"), Op. 48, No. 3
Ilse Weber — Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt
Kurt Weill — Die sieben Todsünden ("The Seven Deadly Sins") (selections)
Maurice Delage — Ragamalika
Kamala Sankaram — The Far Shore
Maurice Ravel — Shéhérazade, M. 41 (No. 2: La flûte enchantée & No. 3: L'indifférent)
Kian Ravaei — Selected works (new work TBA)
Zubaida Azezi / Edo Frenkel — Ananurhan (Uyghur Folk Melody)
Huang Ruo — Fisherman's Sonnet
Traditional — Fengyang Flower Drum Song
Traditional — Northeastern Cradle Song
Singaporean-British mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron recently made waves as a premier performer of contemporary repertoire after her title role debut in Adriana Mater (Saariaho) with the San Francisco Symphony in which she was named "a knockout performer" by The Times. She is a versatile artist, singing performances of Stravinsky's Pulcinella, Ravel's Shéhérazade, Montsalvatge's Cinco Canciones Negras, and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, and recording the title role in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas during the 2023–2024 season.
The Power and the Glory explores diverse perspectives on colonial history through music and poetry of the last 150 years. From Kamala Sankaram's rage-inspired The Far Shore to Zubaida Azezi and Edo Frenkel's Uyghur song Mitiz Meshrep, the artists encourage their audience to explore uncomfortable issues of the past and present with empathy and understanding. Other composers on the program include Valcarcel, Messiaen, Montsalvatge, Mahler, Weill, and Schoenberg.
About Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano
Fleur Barron's mezzo-soprano is "multi-layered and vibrant: imagine a voice that seems to have the blood in one’s viens and the life forces of nature running through it" (Opera News). Hailed as "a charismatic star" (The Boston Globe) and "a knockout performer" (The Times), the Singaporean-British artist possesses "incredible poise and expressive weight – not to mention a thrillingly dark and rich-veined mezzo, and a striking stage presence" (Seen and Heard International). Barron makes her Atlanta debut with Julius Drake, the "collaborative pianist nonpareil" (The New Yorker) who conjures "myriad pianistic moods with a masterly touch" (The Times).
https://imgartists.com/roster/fleurbarron/About Kunal Lahiry, piano
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F St NWWashington, DC 20566
United States
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