NSO What is Composition II - Magic, Madness, and Macabre, 2016/11/13

Time: 2016/11/13, 14:30-16:45 (approximately)
Venue: National Concert Hall, Taipei
Performers:

Yuan-Pu CHIAO	焦元溥	Lecturer
Meng-Chun LIN	林孟君	Soprano
Jo-Pei WENG	翁若珮	Mezzo-Soprano
Chika MIYAZAKI	宮崎千佳	Flute
Tung Nguyen HOANG	阮黃松	Oboe
Vera HSU	許惠品	Piano

Program:

Composer	Years	Work	Year	samples
Henri Brod	1799-1839	Fantaisie sur la 'Scène de la folie' de Lucia di Lammermoor, op.57	>1835	brod
Robert Schumann	1810-56	"In der Fremde" (No.1) and "Waldesgespräch" (No.3) from Liderkreis, Op. 39	>1840	Fischer-Dieskau
Carl Reinecke	1824-1910	Sonata Undine for flute and piano, Op. 167, Mvt 1	1882	Galway
Manuel de Falla	1876-1946	Canción del amor dolido, Danza ritual del fuego, Canción del fuego fatuo, from El Amor Brujo	1914-5	Stokowski, Verrett
Giuseppe Verdi	1813-1901	"Stride la vampa" from Il Trovatore	<1853	Horne
Modest Mussorgsky	1839-81	Marfa's Divination (Scene 2) from Khovanshchina	1872-80	Ossipova
György Ligeti	1923-2006	Mysteries of the Macabre, 3 arias from Le Grand Macabre	1974-7	Rattle, Hannigan

Thoughts:
Vera Hsu's contribution is immense in this lecture/recital. She appears in all 7 works and had to do some vocalization in Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre. The insider's information states that it is half a year's hard work. Hats off to Vera! All other soloists are more than competent. I have not heard the popular Brod's oboe piece and Reinecke's flute piece for a long time, so it is a welcome reunion for me. Good programming, Dr. Chiao!