Letter from the Editors

Our latest podcast is an interview of composer Scott Wheeler on his cycle 'Wasting the Night', with poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The Studio recordings of Soprano Susanna Phillips and Pianist Donald Berman are interspersed throughout. If we have tempted you at all with this beautiful performance a copy of this CD can be purchased here.

An article by Deen Larsen from the Schubert Institute in Baden-bei-Wien about Elly Ameling is forthcoming, as well as one by Brooklyn Art Song Society Artistic Director -Mike Brofman, on Composer Libby Larsen is on it's way as well - so please check back!

Our first review is also up, written by Dr. Robert Holst, of the new recording of Libby Larsen's song cycle 'The peculiar case of Dr. H.H. Holmes'. Be sure to check it out!

And as ever...If you missed it before, our very first CD has been made available in digital form through iTunes, Amazon, CDbaby and other digital distributors. We hope you enjoy! Many thanks again to Colin Mills at Aberration Photos for our stunning cover art, and to the musicians and production team. We are really proud of this first release - so what are you waiting for? Click that link!

Co-Editors in Chief,

Martha Guth and Erika Switzer

Featured This Month

Artist Profile: Julius Drake

Erika Switzer talks to Pianist Julius Drake in this exclusive interview

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The Cartoonery of Tyler Duncan (Baritone)

Articles:

Deen Larsen: Another Side of Elly

Deen Larsen’s extraordinary words stop me in my tracks. My tracks, so often hasty and restless, at first resist the meditative depth of his thoughts, but then, slowing out of curiousity, welcome the provocation. Thank you, Deen, for...

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Richard Turp: Emerging from a shadow

The recent passing of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau set me thinking about not only his overall legacy but more specifically his influence on the present generation of lieder singers. It is difficult to accurately evaluate his legacy partly because his death is so recent and because...

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Emily Ezust: Some Thoughts on the Gentle Art of translating

It can be disappointing to open an art song recital program and find no translations inside, especially these days when there can be such delightful variety in the languages offered in one concert. Perhaps many North American audience-members will know enough French or Spanish to get the gist of...

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Blogs:

Michael Brofman: Libby Larsen in Context

Next Saturday, the Brooklyn Art Song Society will present the third installment of its new music series In Context. The purpose of In Context is to present the works of living composers alongside ‘standard’ repertoire with the goal of showing continuity instead of contrast. Art song is especially well equipped to

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Sarah Wolfson: Remembering Elliott Carter

On Tuesday November 6th I woke up in Montpellier, France to be greeted by sad news. Although he had reached the ripe old age of 103, I was still sadly taken aback by the death of the extraordinary composer Elliott Carter. It seemed curious timing since I was in France to perform...

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Jonathan Ware: Schubert & Co.

New York based pianists Lachlan Glen and Jonathan Ware are part way into an ambitious project: to perform all of Schubert’s Songs in one season. It takes a village to make something like this happen of course, and it turns out that the Schubert-Village is thriving. Singers and pianists are volunteering their time and...

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Reviews:

Dr Robert Holst: The Curious Case of H.H. Holmes

H. H. Holmes (aka Herman Mudgett) earned the distinction of being one of the first, if not the most prolific, of America’s serial killers. After having credited several murder victims to his account, Holmes opened a hotel in Chicago during the...