| CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS SPRING VOCAL RECITALS IN
WEILL RECITAL HALL BY SOPRANOS
SOPHIE KARTÄUSER ON APRIL 28 AND KATE ROYAL ON MAY 20
Soprano Sophie Karthäuser makes her New York recital debut in Weill Recital Hall on Thursday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. with pianist Eugene Asti. Her varied program includes songs by Mozart, Schubert, Wolf, Fauré, Debussy, and Poulenc. She last performed at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in 2009 singing Hadyn’s Creation in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. The New York Times noted of her performance, “Sophie Karthäuser, a soprano (Gabriel), sang beautifully, with rounded, pearly tone and great agility. Her coloratura and added ornamentation in the “bird aria” were particular delights.”
The following month, on Friday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m., soprano Kate Royal brings a program with pianist Christopher Glynn titled A Lesson in Love, after her recently released album for the EMI Classics label. Ms. Royal explains the wide-ranging repertoire she has pulled together, with songs spanning two centuries, three languages, and 20 composers, ranging from German lieder and French melodies to English and American songs, “A Lesson in Love is a song cycle that I have devised, telling the story of a young girl’s first experience of love. We travel with her on her journey from an eager anticipation of love to her marriage and the sudden and heartbreaking realization that she has been betrayed. …Performing them in this way gives one the chance to really experience the core emotion of each song. It also gives the poems a place within a larger picture and, I hope, shines a light on these marvelous miniature works.” For a sample of works to be performed at the concert, click here.
After each concert, ticketholders are invited to mix, mingle, and have an after-concert drink (first one is compliments of Carnegie Hall) in the Jacobs Room as part of Carnegie Hall’s Salon Encores series.
Program Information
Thursday, April 28 at 7:30p.m.
Weill Recital Hall
SOPHIE KARTHÄUSER, Soprano
New York Recital Debut
EUGENE ASTI, Piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART "Als Luise die Briefe," K. 520
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART "An die Einsamkeit," K. 391
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART "Der Zauberer," K. 472
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART "Abendempfindung," K. 523
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls, K. 619
FRANZ SCHUBERT "La pastorella al prato," D.528
FRANZ SCHUBERT "Guarda, che bianca luna," D. 688, No. 2
FRANZ SCHUBERT "Gretchen am Spinnrade," D.118
HUGO WOLF "In dem Schatten meiner Locken"
HUGO WOLF "Bedeckt mich mit Blumen"
HUGO WOLF "Sagt, seid Ihr es, feiner Herr"
GABRIEL FAURÉ Cinq mélodies "de Venise," Op. 58
Mandoline
En sourdine
Green
A Clymène
C’est l’extase
CLAUDE DEBUSSY "Chevaux de bois"
CLAUDE DEBUSSY "Green"
CLAUDE DEBUSSY "Spleen"
FRANCIS POULENC Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon
C
Fêtes galantes
FRANCIS POULENC "Les chemins de l'amour"
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Friday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Weill Recital Hall
KATE ROYAL, Soprano
CHRISTOPHER GLYNN, Piano
A LESSON IN LOVE
WILLIAM BOLCOM "Waitin’"
ROBERT SCHUMANN "Jemand," Op. 25, No. 4
HUGO WOLF "Die Kleine"
FRANZ LISZT "Es muss ein Wunderbares sein"
CLAUDE DEBUSSY "Apparition"
HUGO WOLF "O wär dein Haus durchsichtig"
HUGO WOLF "Erstes Liebeslied eines Mädchens"
FRANZ SCHUBERT "Gretchen am Spinnrade," D.118
FRANZ SCHUBERT "Rastlose Liebe," D. 138
PAOLO TOSTI "Pour un baiser"
JOSEPH CANTELOUBE "Tchut, tchut"
FRANK BRIDGE "Love Went a'Riding"
AARON COPLAND "Pastorale"
AMY BEACH "Ah, Love But a Day"
ROBERT SCHUMANN "Lieder der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling I," Op.25, No.11
ROBERT SCHUMANN "Lieder der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling II," Op. 25, No. 12
MAURICE RAVEL "Chanson de la mariée"
GABRIEL FAURÉ "Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d’été," Op. 61, No. 7
RICHARD STRAUSS "Hochzeitlich Lied," Op. 37, No. 6
HENRI DUPARC "Extase"
JOHANNES BRAHMS "Am Sonntag Morgen zierlich angetan," Op. 49, No. 1
FRANZ SCHUBERT "Die Männer sind méchant," D. 866, No. 3
FRANZ SCHUBERT "Du liebst mich nicht," D. 756
BENJAMIN BRITTEN "O Waly, Waly"
HUGO WOLF "Verschling’ der Abgrund"
JEAN SIBELIUS "Was It a Dream?" Op. 37, No. 4
REYNALDO HAHN "Infidélité"
AARON COPLAND "Heart, We Will Forget Him"
HERBERT HUGHES "I Will Walk With My Love"
WILLIAM BOLCOM "Waitin’"
This concert is made possible by The Ruth Morse Fund for Vocal Excellence.
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Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
Ticket Information
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Images in the release: Sophie Karthäuser, Credit - Alvaro Yanez; Kate Royal, Credit: Esther Haase |  |