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New York Festival of Song

Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Dorothy Betts Theatre, Marvin Center
OPEN SEATING
Doors open at 6:45pm;
Program begins at 7:30pm

Michelle Areyzaga,soprano; Rebecca Jo Loeb, mezzo
Paul Appleby, tenor; Andrew Garland, baritone; Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, pianists

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Four Voices in The Memory Palace

In his song cycle The Memory Palace, Gabriel Kahane evokes scenes of East Coast solitude with his uniquely haunting music and mordant lyrics. An alternating series of solo cycles and quartets follows the theme of yearning beyond our borders and across time. Soprano Michelle Areyzaga, mezzo-soprano Rebecca Jo Loeb, tenor Paul Appleby and baritone Andrew Garland are our tour guides, singly and as an ensemble, in repertoire by Frank Bridge, Enrique Granados, Stephen Sondheim, Heitor Villa-Lobos and others.

“Everything that a song recital can achieve, in terms of musical revelation, vocal excellence and audience engagement.” — The Washington Post

The New York Festival of Song’s artistic director Steven Blier also enjoys an eminent career as an accompanist and vocal coach. Among the many artists he has partnered in recital are Samuel Ramey, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Susan Graham, Frederica von Stade, Jessye Norman, Wolfgang Holzmair, Susanne Mentzer, Sylvia McNair and Arlene Augér. In concert with Renée Fleming, he has performed throughout North America and Europe, including recitals at Carnegie Hall, La Scala, Milan, and a Live From Lincoln Center telecast. His collaboration with Cecilia Bartoli began in 1994, and has included an appearance at Carnegie Hall where Mr. Blier played both piano and harpsichord.

Mr. Blier co-founded the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) in 1988 with Michael Barrett. Since the Festival’s inception he has programmed, performed, translated and annotated over ninety vocal recitals with repertoire spanning the entire range of American song, art song from Schubert to Szymanowski, and popular song from early vaudeville to Lennon-McCartney. NYFOS has also made in-depth explorations of music from Spain, Latin America, Scandinavia and Russia. In the 2003-2004 season, the series began a new partnership with the Kaufman Center’s Merkin Concert Hall, where all six concerts played to sold-out houses.