Devotions

Song Recital

Concert, Le Salon de Helen Buchholtz

Devotions presents a jointly curated program by Ema Nikolovska and Kunal Lahiry in which song itself is revealed as a mediator, moving between the macro- to the microscopic: from evocations of the natural world to the embodiment of the human voice in all its fragility. Taking historical and contemporary music and poetry as starting points, the program presents a collage of styles – from Lieder to Vocalise, and three contemporary works – which, in their juxtapositions, present the audience with questions about nature, transience, death and transfiguration. Taken as a whole, what do these songs say about one another, and about our relationship to nature, seen as a force for both threat and inspiration, or consolation and escape? The audience is given space to discover their own perspective, for the primary intention is to create a stream-of-consciousness experience in which listeners can forge their own connections, and perhaps also renew their relationships with existing repertoire.

Music by Aaron Copland, Emily Doolittle, George Crumb, Olivier Messiaen, Priaulx Rainier, Franz Schubert, Sergey Prokofiev, Nahre Sol and Héloise Werner.

With Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano) and Kunal Lahiry (piano).

Languages : FR/EN/DE

Booking required | To the tickets.

Le Salon de Helen Buchholtz

Detailed programme

Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986)

We cannot bid the fruits (John Donne) from: Cycle for Declamation

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
There came a wind like a bugle from: 12 poems of Emily Dickinson

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Herbst D945 (Ludwig Rellstab)

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Lento ma non troppo from: 5 Melodies Op. 35

Aaron Copland
Dear March, Come In! from: 12 poems of Emily Dickinson

Franz Schubert
Auflösung D807 (Johann Mayrhofer

Aaron Copland
The world feels dusty from: 12 poems of Emily Dickinson

Sergey Prokofiev
Andante non troppo from : 5 Melodies Op. 35

Franz Schubert
Verklärung D59 (Johann Gottfried Herder after A. Pope)

Aaron Copland
Why do they shut me out of heaven? from: 12 poems of Emily Dickinson

Franz Schubert
Der Unglückliche D713 (Karoline Pichler)
Nacht und Träume D827 (Matthäus von Collin)

Interval

Aaron Copland
Nature, the Gentlest Mother from: 12 poems of Emily Dickinson

Emily Doolittle (B. 1972)
Vocalise (for Bees)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Vocalise-étude

George Crumb (1929-2022)
The Fly (Federico García Lorca) from: Sun and Shadow (Spanish Songbook II)

Héloïse Werner (B. 1991)
Le cœur crucifié (Philothée Gaymard)

Franz Schubert
Die Rose D745 (Friedrich von Schlegel)

AaronCopland
When they come back from: 12 poems of Emily Dickinson

Franz Schubert
Die Mutter Erde D788 (Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg)

Nahre Sol (B. 1991)
Apperceptive Algorithms
Time - digital prayers - journey to the center of the Internet - Gido

The exhibition Esch-Uelzecht : les années 50 et 60 accompanying Le Salon de Helen Buchholtz is open to the public after the concert until 8pm.