Brooklyn Art Song Society presents Circles II: The Wagnerians
Pay-what-you-can from $10; $35 suggested (includes digital access)
- Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-soprano
- Tami Petty, soprano
- Brian James Myer, baritone
- Mario Diaz-Moresco, baritone
- Spencer Myer, piano
- Dimitri Dover, piano
Ernest Chausson — La Caravane, Op. 14
Henri Duparc — La Vague et la Cloche
Richard Wagner — Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
Hugo Wolf — Mörike-Lieder (selections)
Brooklyn Art Song Society's series exploring connections between composers throughout music history continues with Circles II: The Wagnerians. The program pairs Richard Wagner's only song cycle, Wesendonck-Lieder, with works by Ernest Chausson, Henri Duparc, and Hugo Wolf, all of whom he deeply influenced. While Wagner remains a divisive figure in music history, his composition had an undeniable effect on future generations of composers and the evolution of vocal writing. Wagner's use of ever-evolving leitmotivs and chromatic harmony found their way into works like Duparc's La Vague et la Cloche, Chausson's La Caravane, and Wolf's groundbreaking first collection of songs, Mörike-Lieder.
Soprano Tami Petty, mezzo soprano Blythe Gaissert, baritones Mario Diaz-Moresco, and Brian James Myer, and pianists Dimitri Dover and Spencer Myer perform, preceded by a lecture given by NYU history professor Larry Wolff at 7pm.
This program will be performed in person Friday, November 3 at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn. It will also be released digitally on Monday, November 20. Please note: All in-person tickets purchased at the suggested price of $30 or higher include a month-long pass to the digital concert hall. Digital concert hall subscribers are automatically RSVPed to in person concerts (excluding the Dichter Project) and do not need to purchase individual tickets.
About Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-soprano
About Tami Petty, soprano
About Brian James Myer, baritone
About Mario Diaz-Moresco, baritone
About Spencer Myer, piano
First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn (First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn)
119 Pierrepont St.Brooklyn, NY 11201
USA