Gerald Finley with Julius Drake Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 3:00pm Pre-concert Talk at 2:00pm This is the 824th concert in Koerner Hall
PROGRAM Ludwig van Beethoven: Goethe Lieder Neue Liebe, neues Leben, op. 75, no. 2 Wonne der Wehmut, op. 83, no. 1 Mit einem gemalten Band, op. 83, no. 3 Aus Goethe’s Faust, op. 75, no. 3
Franz Schubert: Goethe Lieder Prometheus, D. 674 Geistes-Gruss, D. 142 An den Mond II, D. 259 Rastlose Liebe, D. 138 An Schwager Kronos, D. 369 Schäfers Klagelied, D. 121 Wanderers Nachtlied II, D. 768 Erlkönig, D. 328
INTERMISSION
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: Romances Don Juan's Serenade, op. 38, no. 1 Amid the Din of the Ball, op. 38, no. 3 None, but the Lonely Heart, op. 6, no. 6 As Over the Burning Ashes, op. 25, no. 2
Sergei Rachmaninov: Romances Oh, no, I Pray, Don’t Leave!, op. 4, no. 1 In the Silence of the Night, op. 4, no. 3 Fate, op. 21, no. 1 Upon the Death of a Siskin, op. 21, no. 8 Christ is Risen, op. 26, no. 6 Spring Waters, op. 14, no. 11
Selections from favourite folksongs
Gerald Finley Baritone Grammy Award-winning Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley is a leading singer and dramatic interpreter of his generation, with acclaimed performances at the world’s major opera and concert venues and award-winning recordings on CD and DVD with major labels in a wide variety of repertoire. He began with the baritone roles of Mozart and recent signature roles include Guillaume Tell, J. Robert Oppenheimer in John Adam’s Dr. Atomic, and Jaufré Rudel in Saariaho’s L’amour de loin. In contemporary opera, Mr. Finley has excelled in creating leading roles, most notably J. Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams’s Doctor Atomic, Harry Heegan in Turnage’s The Silver Tassie, Howard K. Stern in Turnage’s Anna Nicole, Jaufré Rudel in Kaija Saariaho’s L’amour de loin, Mr. Fox in Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Harry Heegan in Mark Anthony Turnage’s The Silver Tassie. As a celebrated song recitalist, he works regularly with pianist Julius Drake. Recent engagements include the Schubertiade, recitals throughout Europe, a residency at the Wigmore Hall, at New York’s Carnegie-Zankel Hall as part of a US tour of Schubert’s Winterreise, and appearances at the festivals of Tanglewood and Ravinia. Mr. Finley’s many solo recital CD releases have been devoted to songs of Barber, Britten, Ives, Ravel, and Schumann. With a continuing partnership with Julius Drake on the Hyperion label, all have been critically acclaimed, including an unprecedented three Gramophone Awards in the Solo Vocal category. Their release of Schubert’s Winterreise won a Juno Award in 2015. In 2017, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire and had previously been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. Mr. Finley also features on a Canadian stamp celebrating Canadians in opera.
Julius Drake Piano The pianist Julius Drake enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest instrumentalists in his field, collaborating with many of the world’s leading artists, both in recital and on disc. He appears regularly at all the major music centres: the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh, Munich, Schubertiade, and Salzburg Music Festivals; Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Centre, New York; the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, and BBC Proms, London. His many recordings include a widely acclaimed series with Gerald Finley for Hyperion, which won three Gramophone Awards; award-winning recordings with Ian Bostridge for EMI; several recitals for the Wigmore Live label, with, among others, Alice Coote, Joyce DiDonato, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Christopher Maltman, and Matthew Polenzani; recordings of Kodály and Shoeck sonatas with the cellists Natalie Clein and Christian Poltéra for the Hyperion and Bis labels; of Tchaikovsky and Mahler with Christianne Stotijn for Onyx; English song with Bejun Mehta for Harmonia Mundi; and Schubert Lieder ‘Poetisches Tagebuch’ with Christoph Prégardien, winner of the Jahrpreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2017. Concerts in the 2017-18 season include recitals in his series, Julius Drake and Friends, at the historic Middle Temple Hall in London; concerts in Frankfurt, Dresden, Vienna, Florence, and Koerner Hall with Ian Bostridge; in Bristol and Barcelona with Mark Padmore; in Madrid and Amsterdam with Sarah Connolly; in Geneva with Willard White; in Vienna with Alice Coote and Angelika Kirchschlager; and in New York with Gerald Finley, Matthew Polenzani, and Christoph Prégardien.
Mr. Finlae and Mr. Drake made their Royal Conservatory debut together on May 9, 2010, during Koerner Hall’s inaugural concert season.