Devotions
Song Recital
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.
© Nicholas Moroz 2023
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.
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.
Ema Nikolovska © Kaupo Kikkas
Kunal Lahiry Álfheiður © Erla Guðmundsdóttir