Brooklyn Art Song Society presents Circles II: The Wagnerians
$10.99
- 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.