A dynamic recital of art-song with Philippe Sly and Julius Drake at Toronto Summer Music Festival

Por Stanley Fefferman, 24 julio 2013

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Crítica hecha desde University of Toronto: Walter Hall, Toronto el 23 julio 2013

Duparc, Chanson triste, Op.2 no.4

Duparc, Phidylé

Ropartz, 4 Poèmes d'après l'Intermezzo d'Henri Heine

Ravel, Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

Wolf, 3 Michelangelo Lieder

Schubert, Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (Schiller), D.583

Schubert, Der Tod und das Mädchen (Claudius), D.531

Schubert, Erster Verlust (Goethe), D.226

Schubert, Ständchen (Grillparzer), D.920

Schubert, Der Doppelgänger, D.957m

Schubert, Wandrers Nachtlied I (Der du von dem Himmel bist) (Goethe), D.224

Schubert, Fischerweise (Schlechta), D.881

Philippe Sly, Bajo-barítono

Julius Drake, Piano

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David Santana Cañas, 14th December

El tenor norteamericano Matthew Polenzani hace su debut en el Ciclo de Lied junto con el pianista Julius Drake cosechando un notable éxito.

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Les péchés capiteux d'Axelle Fanyo et Fleur Barron à l'Athénée

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 16th February

Les deux chanteuses ont proposé un panorama innovant des sept péchés capitaux à travers les styles et les cultures, avec la complicité unificatrice de Julius Drake au piano.

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Le Voyage d’hiver de Bostridge, Drake et Warner pétrifie l’Athénée

Pierre Michel, 20th November

Ian Bostridge et Julius Drake proposent une interprétation exceptionnelle du cycle schubertien, sublimée par la mise en scène de Deborah Warner et les lumières de Jean Kalman, jusqu'à l'énigme finale.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Stanley Fefferman

Stanley Fefferman is Professor Emeritus at York University, Toronto. He is active in classical, new music, and jazz circles as a writer and accredited performance photographer. His work is archived on Canadian sites The Live Music Report.com, Showtimemagazine.ca, and OpusOneReview.com. His website is here.