Liederabend

Liederabend dates back to the 1800s, when musicians and lovers of music would gather at someone's home, and one or more singers would perform the songs of composers of the day. In the field of classical music, these songs are referred to today as "art songs", and the German art songs are called "Lieder". In Germany, the great age of song came in the 19th century. German and Austrian composers had written music for voice with keyboard before this time, but it was with the flowering of German literature, in the Classical and Romantic eras, that composers found high inspiration in poetry that sparked the genre known as the "Lied".

NEC faculty members Tanya Blaich and Cameron Stowe coach NEC graduate students from the departments of collaborative piano and voice in an evening of song.

Joseph Marx
Hat dich die Liebe berührt
Und gestern hat er mir Rosen gebracht
Nocturne
Soyoung Park, soprano
Christina Chao, piano

Ernest Chausson
Sérénade italienne
Hébé
Le colibri
Hyunho Yoo, tenor
Pei-Ying Li, piano

André Previn Three Dickinson Songs:
As imperceptibly as grief
Will there really be a “Morning”?
Good Morning —Midnight—
Asha Carroll, soprano
Bretton Brown, piano

Claude Debussy Fêtes galantes I:
En sourdine
Fantoches
Clair de lune
Emily Brand, soprano
Cheng Cheng, piano

Alison Bauld
Banquo’s Buried
Bridget Haile, soprano
Patricia Au, piano

Benjamin Britten On this Island:
Let the florid music praise
Now the leaves are falling fast
Seascape
Nocturne
As it is, plenty
David Charles Tay, tenor
Theresa Leung, piano