| New York Festival of Song presents Love at the Crossroads at Merkin Hall, 3/19 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 05:36 pm EST 02/26/19 | |
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| “Established in 1988 by the pianists and curators Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, this inimitable concert series has celebrated song in all its many forms, with sly thematic programs that tease out dormant connections. In the process, the festival has deployed (and often discovered) many of the city’s finest voices.” — THE NEW YORKER NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG Steven Blier, Artistic Director • Michael Barrett, Associate Artistic Director NYFOS brings its Emerging Artists to the Mainstage with a program revival: Love at the Crossroads Two couples enact a series of linked romantic scenarios. The songs of Sondheim, Cy Coleman, Britten, Brahms, and many others propel a tale of love, lust, jealousy, and forgiveness. With Caramoor’s 2019 SCHWAB VOCAL RISING STARS: Devony Smith, soprano Gina Perregrino, mezzo-soprano Philippe L’Espérance, tenor Erik Van Heyningen, baritone Danny Zelibor, piano and Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, pianists and hosts Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center 129 West 67th Street $20-$62 from the Merkin Box Office: 212-501-3330 or kaufmanmusiccenter.org Complimentary wine reception with the artists to follow. Caramoor presents a preview performance in Katonah, NY on 3/17/19 Tickets at $25-$40 are available online "Vocally gifted young artists palpably committed to the project." — THE NEW YORK TIMES Each year, the legendary New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) works deeply with emerging singers through numerous song-filled residences led by NYFOS co-founders/pianists/artistic directors Steven Blier and Michael Barrett. These song-intensives train young artists in programming and translation, presentation and production, and research and musical style. NYFOS continues its 31st anniversary season in March with the culmination of its eleventh annual residency at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. After an intensive week of daily coaching, rehearsals, and workshops, NYFOS and four exciting young voices bring to life a program entitled LOVE AT THE CROSSROADS. Performances take place in New York City on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. at Merkin Hall, and in Katonah, NY on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Caramoor. First presented in November 2007, this revival features two couples who enact a series of linked romantic scenarios through songs and ensemble pieces. A wide range of composers, from Sondheim and Cy Coleman to Britten and Brahms, lead the audience through surprising permutations of love, lust, jealousy, and forgiveness. See the complete program below. About the Terrance W. Schwab Vocal Rising Stars The Vocal Rising Stars, established in 2009 under the artistic leadership of Caramoor’s former Executive Director, Michael Barrett, and NYFOS Artistic Director, Steven Blier, is an intensive program centered on the art of song and vocal chamber music. Singers at the beginning professional level are invited to Caramoor for a weeklong residency that offers daily coaching, rehearsals, and workshops with mentors. The Vocal Rising Stars program has a specialized focus on providing singers with an opportunity to form collaborative partnerships with one another, the Caramoor staff, and the coach/accompanists who also participate in the residency. In the program, the work is of equal importance to the performances, and has had a lasting impact on the growth and development of the artists involved. Past graduates of this program—including Joélle Harvey, Paul Appleby, John Brancy, Julia Bullock, Tobias Greenhalgh, Brenton Ryan, Carlton Ford, Andrew Owens, Corinne Winters, and Wallis Giunta—are now enjoying busy international careers. THE PROGRAM (subject to change) FIRST MOVEMENT: Head Over Heels Camille Saint-Saëns Vénus Ernest Chausson Réveil Gabriel Fauré Dans les ruines d’une abbaye Édouard Lalo Au fond des halliers Fauré Madrigal SECOND MOVEMENT: The Honeymoon’s Over Stephen Sondheim Two Fairy Tales, written for A Little Night Music Sondheim Country House, from Follies Vernon Duke Just Like a Man, from Two’s Company Jason Robert Brown A Miracle Would Happen, from The Last Five Years Traditional Irish ballad, arr. Gerald Moore I Will Walk With My Love Cole Porter Cherry Pies Ought to Be You, from Out of this World Irving Berlin Outside of That, I Love You, from Louisiana Purchase SCHERZO: Philandering Benjamin Britten Underneath the Abject Willow Ed Kleban Do It Yourself Marc Blitzstein Modest Maid Cy Coleman The Tennis Song, from City of Angels FINALE: Reconciliation Franz Schubert Licht und Liebe Johannes Brahms Es rauschet das Wasser Schubert Die Geselligkeit EPILOGUE Manuel Oltra Eco About CARAMOOR caramoor.org Caramoor is a performing arts center located on a unique 90-acre setting of Italianate architecture and gardens in Westchester County, NY. It enriches the lives of its audiences through innovative and diverse musical performances of the highest quality. Its mission also includes mentoring young professional musicians and providing educational programs for young children centered around music. About NYFOS www.nyfos.org Michael Barrett and Steven Blier “The essential core of truth in each song—that part where you feel ‘that's me, I've been there’—that’s what we’re always looking for.” — Steven Blier Now in its 31st season, New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) is dedicated to creating intimate song concerts of great beauty and originality. Weaving music, poetry, history and humor into evenings of compelling theater, NYFOS fosters community among artists and audiences. Each program entertains and educates in equal measure. Founded by pianists Michael Barrett and Steven Blier in 1988, NYFOS continues to produce its series of thematic song programs, drawing together rarely-heard songs of all kinds, overriding traditional distinctions between musical genres, exploring the character and language of other cultures, and the personal voices of song composers and lyricists. Since its founding, NYFOS has particularly celebrated American song. Among the many highlights is the double bill of one-act comic operas, Bastianello and Lucrezia, by John Musto and William Bolcom, both with libretti by Mark Campbell, commissioned and premiered by NYFOS in 2008 and recorded on Bridge Records. In addition to Bastianello and Lucrezia and the 2008 Bridge Records release of Spanish Love Songs with Joseph Kaiser and the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, NYFOS has produced five recordings on the Koch label, including a Grammy Award-winning disc of Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles, and the Grammy-nominated recording of Ned Rorem’s Evidence of Things Not Seen (also a NYFOS commission) on New World Records. In 2014, Canción Amorosa, a CD of Spanish song—Basque, Catalan, Castilian, and Sephardic—was released on the GPR label, with soprano Corinne Winters accompanied by Steven Blier. In November 2010, NYFOS debuted NYFOS Next, a mini-series for new songs, hosted by guest composers in intimate venues, including SubCulture, OPERA America's National Opera Center, National Sawdust, and the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. NYFOS is passionate about nurturing the artistry and careers of young singers, and has developed training residencies around the country, including with The Juilliard School’s Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts (now in its 14th year); Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts (its 11th year in March 2019); San Francisco Opera Center (over 20 years as of February 2018); Glimmerglass Opera (2008–2010); and its newest project, NYFOS@North Fork in Orient, NY. NYFOS’s concert series, touring programs, radio broadcasts, recordings, and educational activities continue to spark new interest in the creative possibilities of the song program, and have inspired the creation of thematic vocal series around the world. "insightful and imaginative, touching and funny" — THE NEW YORK TIMES Upcoming NYFOS Concerts Sunday, March 17, 2019, 8:00pm Love at the Crossroads Caramoor’s Terrance W. Schwab Vocal Rising Stars Caramoor Center for the Arts, Katonah, NY Tour/ NYFOS Emerging Artists Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 8:00pm Love at the Crossroads Caramoor’s Terrance W. Schwab Vocal Rising Stars Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center NYFOS Emerging Artists Thursday, March 28, 2019, 7:30pm Kate Soper & Friends DiMenna Center for Classical Music NYFOS Next Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 8:00pm García Lorca: Muse and Magician Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center NYFOS Mainstage Monday, May 13, 2019, 6:30pm George & Ira A celebration of the Gershwin brothers to benefit New York Festival of Song The Racquet & Tennis Club http://nyfos.org/gala/ NYFOS Gala Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 7:30pm Laura Kaminsky & Friends LGBT Center NYFOS Next Saturday, June 22, 2019 Manning the Canon Poquatuck Hall, 1160 Skipper’s Lane, Orient, NY Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 7:30pm Manning the Canon LGBT Center, 208 W. 13th St., New York All NYFOS programming is funded, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. |
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