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Clara, Robert and Johannes Part I
What: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Op. 52 and Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65
Who: Kristina Bachrach, soprano; Jenifer Beattie, mezzo-soprano; Brandon Snook, tenor; Paul An, bass; Michael Brofman, Piano Michael Djupstom, Piano
When: Friday, September 20th, 2013, 8pm
Where: Lafayette Ave Presbyterian Church 85 S. Oxford Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York 11217
Cost: $20/$15/$10
More Information: www.BrooklynArtSongSociety.org
Purchase Tickets: www.brownpapertickets,com
Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) is proud to announce the opening concert for its 2013-14 season: Johannes Brahms' complete Liebeslieder Op. 52 and Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 for vocal quartet and piano four-hands. These works, meant for the intimate setting of a living room rather than a concert hall, show Brahms at his most charming and elegant. This concert is the first part of BASS's fall festival Clara, Robert, and Johannes which will present classical music's most famous love triangle through the major song cycles of Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms over five concerts in Brooklyn. Two artists will make their BASS debut with this concert: soprano Kristina Bachrach and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Beattie. They are joined by returning favorites tenor Brandon Snook, bass Paul An, and pianists Michael Brofman (artistic director) and Michael Djupstrom. Reception to follow featuring champagne and cupcakes!
About Clara, Robert and Johannes:
Brooklyn Art Song Society is proud to present Classical music's greatest love triangle played out in song. Robert Schumann and Clara Weick, married in defiance of their families' wishes, had a legendary romance that tragically ended with Robert's mental breakdown. Lifelong bachelor Johannes Brahms pined for the widowed Clara, but she remained loyal to her deceased husband and Brahms did not dare betray his once friend and mentor even from beyond the grave. This poignant tale of unrequited love and bittersweet loss provides the context for five magnificent concerts of Clara's complete songs and the major song cycles of Robert and Johannes.
About Brooklyn Art Song Society:
Hailed by the New York Times as "ambitious" and "a company well worth watching," the Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) will enter its fourth season of first-rate music making in the fall of 2013. Dedicated to the vast repertoire of poetry set to music, BASS presents programs of epic scope yet intimate at the same time. Past highlights have included performances of the complete songs of Charles Ives, Henri Duparc, a festival of works from Franz Schubert's last year and an ongoing project to present the complete lieder of Hugo Wolf. Committed to keeping art song relevant in our time BASS has collaborated closely with important living composers such as Tom Cipullo, Libby Larsen, Lowell Liebermann, and Yehudi Wyner, and has commissioned works from Brooklyn-based composers Marie Incontrera and Michael Rose. The 2013-14 season will feature concerts in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston and South Bend, Indiana of works by Johannes Brahms, Lowell Liebermann, Michael Rose, Clara and Robert Schumann, and Hugo Wolf featuring some of the worlds finest young singers including sopranos Martha Guth and Laura Strickling, mezzo soprano Wallis Giunta, tenor Dominic Armstrong, baritones John Brancy and Michael Kelly, pianists Spencer Myer and Erika Switzer, and many, many more. For more information visit: www.brooklynartsongsociety.org
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LocationLafayette Ave Presbyterian Church 85 S. Oxford Street
85 S. Oxford Street, Fort Greene
Brooklyn, NY 11217
United States
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