This series is sponsored by the Jean & Jula Goldwurm Memorial Foundation in memory of Jula Goldwurm.
Carnegie Hall Presents

Great Singers II: Jula Goldwurm Pure Voice Series

Soprano Dorothea Röschmann, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, tenor Lawrence Brownlee, and baritone Nathan Gunn: Hear the range of the human voice. Give in to the sheer beauty in this enchanting series that features acclaimed singers who blend vocal fireworks and overall artistic excellence. Their art is a magical balance between music and poetry, and forges deep connections with captivated audiences.

 


Series Events

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 | 7:30 PM
Dorothea Röschmann
Malcolm Martineau
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano
  • Malcolm Martineau, Piano

Program

  • SCHUBERT "Heiss mich nicht reden," D. 877, No. 2
  • SCHUBERT "So lasst mich scheinen," D. 877, No. 3
  • SCHUBERT "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt," D. 877, No. 4
  • SCHUBERT "Kennst du das Land," D. 321
  • SCHUBERT "Der König in Thule," D. 367
  • SCHUBERT "Gretchen am Spinnrade," D. 118
  • SCHUBERT "Gretchens Bitte," D. 564 (fragment, completed Benjamin Britten)
  • R. STRAUSS "Die Nacht," Op. 10, No. 3
  • R. STRAUSS "Morgen," Op. 27, No. 4
  • R. STRAUSS "Schlechtes Wetter," Op. 69, No. 5
  • R. STRAUSS "September" from Four Last Songs
  • R. STRAUSS "Befreit," Op. 39, No. 4
  • LISZT "Ich möchte hingehn"
  • LISZT "Der du von dem Himmel bist"
  • LISZT "Freudvoll und leidvoll," S. 280
  • LISZT "Über allen gipfeln ist Ruh'"
  • LISZT "Die Loreley"
  • WOLF "Heiss mich nicht reden"
  • WOLF "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt"
  • WOLF "So lasst mich scheinen"
  • WOLF "Kennst du das Land"

  • Encores:
  • WOLF "Gesang Weylas"
  • SCHUMANN "Waldesgespräch," Op. 39, No. 3
R. Strauss's Four Last Songs ("September")
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor | Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano
Bis
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | 7:30 PM
Nathan Gunn
Julie Gunn
Pacifica Quartet
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Nathan Gunn, Baritone
  • Julie Gunn, Piano
  • Pacifica Quartet
    ·· Simin Ganatra, Violin
    ·· Sibbi Bernhardsson, Violin
    ·· Masumi Per Rostad, Viola
    ·· Brandon Vamos, Cello

Program

  • BEN MOORE "When You Are Old" (arr. J. Gunn)
  • BEN MOORE "Lake Isle of Innisfree" (arr. J. Gunn)
  • QUILTER "In the Highlands," Op. 26 (arr. J. Gunn)
  • QUILTER "Over the Land is April" (arr. J. Gunn)
  • BUTTERWORTH Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
  • BARBER Dover Beach
  • IVES "Down East"
  • IVES "Tom Sails Away"
  • IVES "An Old Flame"
  • IVES "General William Booth Enters into Heaven"
  • IVES "The Things Our Fathers Loved"
  • IVES "The Circus Band"
  • BOWLES Blue Mountain Ballads
    ·· Heavenly Grass
    ·· Lonesome Man
    ·· Cabin
    ·· Sugar in the Cane
  • JENNIFER HIGDON Dooryard Bloom (World Premiere of chamber version)
Ives's  "General William Booth Enters into Heaven"
Nathan Gunn, Baritone | Kevin Murphy, Piano
EMI Classics
Thursday, March 28, 2013 | 7:30 PM
Lawrence Brownlee
Martin Katz
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor
    New York Recital Debut
  • Martin Katz, Piano

Program

  • VERDI "Ad una stella"
  • VERDI "Lo spazzacamino"
  • VERDI "Il tramonto"
  • VERDI "Brindisi"
  • POULENC "Montparnasse"
  • POULENC "Voyage à Paris" from Banalités, No. 4
  • POULENC "C" from 2 Poemes de Louis Aragon
  • POULENC "Reine des mouettes" from Métamorphoses, No. 2
  • POULENC "Bleuet"
  • MARX "Nocturne"
  • MARX "Selige Nacht"
  • MARX "Die Elfe"
  • MARX "Christbaum"
  • MARX "Hat Dich die Liebe berührt"
  • GINASTERA Canciones populares Argentinas
  • BEN MOORE "The Cloak, the Boat, and the Shoes"
  • BEN MOORE "This Heart That Flutters"
  • BEN MOORE "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"
  • BEN MOORE "I would in that sweet bosom be"
  • TRAD. "Evry time I feel de Spirit" (arr. Damien Sneed)
  • TRAD. "Balm in Gilead" (arr. Damien Sneed)
  • TRAD. "All night, all day" (arr. Damien Sneed)
  • TRAD. "Deep River" (arr. Damien Sneed)
  • TRAD. "Come by here dear Lord" (arr. Damien Sneed)
Verdi's "Brindisi"
Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor | Martin Katz, Piano
EMI Classics
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 | 7:30 PM
Isabel Leonard
Vlad Iftinca
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-Soprano
  • Vlad Iftinca, Piano

Program

  • DE FALLA " El pan de Ronda que sabe a verdad"
  • VALVERDE SANJUÁN "Clavelitos"
  • GARCÍA LORCA "Los Pelegrinitos"
  • DE FALLA "Preludios: Madres, todas las noches"
  • GARCÍA LORCA "Nana de Sevilla"
  • GRANADOS "Gracia mía"
  • DE FALLA "Oración de las madres que tienen a sus hijos en brazos"
  • MOMPOU "Sólo las flores sobre ti"
  • DE FALLA "¡Dios mio, que solos se quedan los muertos!"
  • DE FALLA "Olas gigantes"
  • MONTSALVATGE Canciónes negras
    ·· Cuba dentro de un piano
    ·· Punto de Habañera
    ·· Chévere
    ·· Canción de cuña para dormir a un negrito
    ·· Canto negro
  • JENNIFER HIGDON "Hop & Toe Dance" (NY Premiere)
  • WILLIAM SCHUMAN "God's World"
  • GLEN ROVEN "Wild Nights" (World Premiere)
  • CHARLES "When I have sung my songs"
  • IVES "Two Little Flowers"
  • CARPENTER "The sleep that flits on a baby's eyes"
  • IVES "When stars are in the quiet skies"
  • GUETTEL "How can I lose you?"
  • WILLIAM GRANT STILL "The breath of a rose"
  • ROREM "What if some little pain"
  • RICHARD HAGEMAN "Do not go, my love"
  • PORTER Where, oh where"
  • BEN MOORE "I want to go with the one I love" (World Premiere)
  • BERNSTEIN "Dream with Me" from Peter Pan

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