Renée Fleming and Susan Graham Sing French Songs
Friday, May 3 at 7 pm: Tune in to 105.9 FM and WQXR.org for a Re-Broadcast of this Recital
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Susan Graham (Dario Acosta) and Renée Fleming (Decca).
Audio notice: Due to rights restrictions, two songs from the recital are unavailable. We regret the inconvenience.
Soprano Renée Fleming and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham team up for a duo recital of French song literature from the 19th century, joined by Bradley Moore on piano. The two American divas previously appeared together in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, staged in 2000 and 2009 at the Metropolitan Opera.
The music here was written during the belle époque era, roughly 1880 to World War I, and includes composers like Offenbach, Fauré, Saint-Saens and Messager. The formal program ends with the famous "Flower Duet" from Delibes's Lakmé.
The broadcast begins at 8 pm, with a live chat and Twitter conversation taking place here starting 7:30 pm, using Twitter hashtag #CHLive.
Program
SAINT-SAËNS "Pastorale"
SAINT-SAËNS "Viens"
SAINT-SAËNS "El desdichado"
FAURÉ "Puisqu’ici bas," Op. 10, No. 1
FAURÉ "Pleurs d’or," Op. 72
FAURÉ Pavane in F-sharp Minor, Op. 50
FAURÉ "Tarentelle," Op. 10, No. 2
DEBUSSY "Clair de lune"
DEBUSSY "Mandoline"
DEBUSSY "Beau soir"
DELIBES "Les filles de Cadix"
HAHN "Le rossignol des lilas"
HAHN "Infidélité"
HAHN "Fêtes galantes"
HAHN "Le printemps"
BERLIOZ "La mort d'Ophélie," Op. 18, No. 2
ANDRÉ MESSAGER "Blanche-marie et Marie-Blanche" from Les P'tites Michu
OFFENBACH Barcarolle from Les contes d’Hoffmann
DELIBES "Duo des fleurs" from Lakmé
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About Carnegie Hall Live
WQXR and Carnegie Hall in collaboration with American Public Media (APM) present a series of twelve national broadcasts live from Carnegie Hall. The 2012-13 season featured a range of orchestras, small ensembles and soloists including the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel; the pairing of American opera greats Renée Fleming and Susan Graham; and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, led by Daniel Barenboim.
Comments [16]
Congratulations for this beautiful night. It is so amazing. Really gorgeous!
Why don't Fleming/Graham start a "The Two Sopranos" tour?? If they can get over the artistic/legal issues, it could only benefit them and the public! Their Carnegie Hall concert was superb.
Why don't Flemimg/Graham start a "The Two Sopranos" concert performance tour?? If they can get over the legal/artisiic issues, it could only benefit them and the public. Their Carnegie Hall concert was superb! Don't let this opportunity pass by!!
it was Superb !!!
I'm from France too, and if someone find a way to listen back to the live, let me know, Pleassse :D !
Hi,
I would have loved to listen to those French songs, but it started at midnight (French time), so I just couldn't listen to it in live.
Isn't there a king of replay ? So that people can listen to it again after the concert is over ?
Thanks for helping me.
Having listened to this wonderful show with my beautiful girlfriend, before , during and after we ate a delicious vegetarian dinner, she then asked me to dance with her during the " La Vie En Rose " cover. At the end I was in tears, and she later told me that she felt herself "melt into my soul" during the song. It was a life-shaping/changing experience,for both of us it seems, and I am forever grateful and in the debt of these two amazing singers, the pianist, and WQXR for the broadcast. The music these two women sang mimics exactly the song i hear in my heart whenever I am with my sweet love. Thanks ladies !!!!!!
I was not able to listen to the Fleming-Graham recital the evening of Jan. 27th which was broadcast on our local classical station (San Antonio, TX). Is it possible to access it after the fact? That is, do you have it in an archive so that I can listen to it on my computer. Thank you.
Thoroughly enjoyed the entire performance. Bradley Moore was excellent! Very entertaining.
Every single note was golden! I loved this so much. Thank you, NPR.
How wonderful to hear these two fabulous American singers perform together! Their voices blend so well and I love the duets!
Magnificent blend and sound is beyond description! That Pavane! Faure and Carnegie - so sorry I can't be there this night! Truly mesmerizing, ladies! Brava!!
Help! I'm trying to get this on my computer as I'm out of range of WQXR and can't get anything.
Listening from LaPorte, IN! These two ladies are my absolute IDOLS and I'm so glad that I could listen in on this concert since I was so unfortunate to catch them in Chicago. Thanks for this!
Tuning in from Manila, Philippines!
That technology let's us all enjoy this performance IS FANTASTIC!
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