Thoughtfully devised by Iain Burnside, this recital juxtaposed ballad with
art song, pastoral with love lyric, dark with light, mournful with carefree. An
imaginative sequence of songs, woven together according to linking themes,
confirmed that Ireland truly is a ‘land of song’.
Ailish Tynan, Wigmore Hall
Partenope, NYCO
One of the City Opera’s happiest ventures over the years has been their Handel series.
Highs and lows of the Salzburg Easter festival
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article7092129.ece
Franz Schreker’s ‘The Stigmatized’ at Los Angeles Opera
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/04/franz-schrekers-the-stigmatized-at-los-angeles-opera.html
Covert resistance to Hitler — Hartmann’s Simplicius Simplicissimus
An anti-facist, anti-war opera written in Germany while the Nazis were in power? K A Hartmann’s Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend was a brave act of conscience, even though the opera wasn’t publicly performed until 1948.
Anna Weesner: An interview by Tom Moore
Anna Weesner is an American composer who grew up in rocky New Hampshire, and
now teaches in historic Philadelphia.
Timothy Andres: An interview by Tom Moore
Composer and pianist Timothy Andres is in his mid-twenties, with an impressive catalog of works to his credit, many of which can be heard at his website.
Lance Hulme: An interview by Tom Moore
Composer Lance Hulme studied composition at the University of Minnesota,
Yale University, and the Eastman School of Music, and returned to the United
States recently, where he lives presently in Greensboro, North Carolina, after
two decades in Mitteleuropa, where he founded and directed the contemporary
music ensemble Ensemble Surprise.