Sobre la importancia del texto: Matthew Polenzani en el Ciclo de Lied

By David Santana Cañas, 16 December 2020

Loading, please wait...

See full listing

Reviewed at Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid on 14 December 2020

Schubert, Im Frühling (Schulze), D.882

Schubert, Frühlingsglaube (Uhland), D.686

Schubert, Der Einsame (Lappe), D.800

Schubert, Ständchen, D.957d

Schubert, Im Abendrot (Lappe), D.799

Schumann, Liederkreis, Op.24

Poulenc, Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101

Ives, Feldeinsamkeit

Ives, The World’s Highway, S 397

Ives, When Stars are in the Quiet Skies, S 389

Matthew Polenzani, Tenor

Julius Drake, Piano

Bumpy love songs from Roderick Williams and Julius Drake at PCMS

Cameron Kelsall, 12th February

A fully produced performance of Brahms' Die schӧne Magelone in Philadelphia, complete with on-stage narrator and bespoke drawings, proved less than the sum of its parts.

**111

Fauré Song Gala a showcase for the composer's mélodies

Mark Valencia, 13th September

Fauré was the finest of French songwriters. Stéphane Degout and Véronique Gens shine in a full-length evening in a packed Wigmore Hall.

****1

Gerald Finley and Julius Drake bring Night and Day to London

Mark Valencia, 24th November

Heinrich Heine settings by Schumann and Schubert are counter-balanced by Duparc and Cole Porter in a Temple Song recital reflecting on night and day.

*****

A scorching Diary of One Who Disappeared at Janáček Brno Festival

Gianmarco Segato, 12th November

Tenor Nicky Spence and mezzo Václava Krejčí Housková thrill with a theatrical take on Janáček's The Diary of One Who Disappeared with pianist Julius Drake.

****1

Alice Coote and Stuart Jackson bring Mahler to Middle Temple Hall

Mark Valencia, 11th November

Pianist Julius Drake and his two singers probe the audience’s collective soul with the depth of their Mahler performances.

*****

An intense Winterreise from Fleur Barron and Julius Drake

Edward Sava-Segal, 27th February

A young mezzo and a seasoned pianist performed a rendition of Winterreise that sounded very fresh indeed.

***11

More reviews...

David Santana Cañas

David Santana (Bilbao, 1996) comienza sus estudios de música en la especialidad de fagot en el Conservatorio Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga de Bilbao. En 2014 se traslada a Madrid, donde cursa el grado en Musicología en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y continúa y finaliza sus estudios musicales de fagot en el Conservatorio Adolfo Salazar de Madrid. Actualmente se encuentra ampliando su formación con la realización del Máster de Investigación de Música Española e Hispanoamericana en la UCM.