Artists
- Claron McFaddensoprano
- Alexander Melnikovpiano
Archived Event
Berberian, Berio, Cage and more
Claron McFadden soprano; Alexander Melnikov piano
- Date
- Sun 22 Dec 2019, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Sergey Prokofiev1891-1953
- 5 Melodies Op. 35
- John Cage1912-1992
- Aria
- Luciano Berio1925-2003
- Sequenza III
- Cathy Berberian1925-1983
- Stripsody
- Oliver Knussen1952-2018
- Whitman Settings Op. 25
Interval
- Alfred Schnittke1934-1998
- Improvisation and Fugue:
- Improvisation and Fugue for solo piano
- Erwin Schulhoff1894-1942
- Sonata Erotica
- George Crumb1929-2022
- Apparition: Elegiac Songs and Vocalises
Overview
In partnership with the Russian pianist, the high-flying soprano’screative programme features numerous works designed to pushthe boundaries of the human voice as an instrument. Theseinclude compositions associated with the extraordinary CathyBerberian, whose visual score for Stripsody (1966) consists ofcomic-book-style sound effects, as well as George Crumb’s takeon the poetry of Walt Whitman for voice and amplified piano.
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