IN THE WINGS 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 16 Mélodies Françaises Marie-France Lefebvre, piano THOMAS W. BUSSE Edward Nelson, baritone Mélodies by Dutilleux, Poulenc and Duparc. FUND PRESENTS Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall Admission: FREE _____ 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16 Pianopalooza IX Michael Chertock, director Celebrate the art of the piano with the ninth installment of this GERALD FINLEY, popular concert, showcasing CCM’s most spectacular student pianists, with special appearances by CCM’s faculty artists. Location: Corbett Auditorium baritone Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE. _____ JULIUS DRAKE, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2 American Voices XV: John Adams’ El Niño piano CCM Philharmonia, Chamber Choir, Chorale and Cincinnati Children’s Choir Earl Rivers, conductor Featuring guest artists Michael Maniaci, Eric Jurenas and Steven Rickards, countertenors; and CCM Soloists The most significant American oratorio of the late 20th century, Adams’ El Niño retells the traditional biblical story of the birth of Jesus, incorporating poetry of Rosario Castellanos, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Hildegard von Bingen, Gabriela Mistral, Vicente Huidobro and Rubén Dario, and selected passages from the Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Wakefield Mystery Plays, Martin Luther’s Christmas Sermon, Corbett Auditorium the Gospel of Luke and several Gnostic Gospels from the 8:00 p.m. Apocrypha. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $12 general, $6 non-UC students, UC students FREE. Supported by the Thomas W. Busse Trust For tickets and the latest performance information, please call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183, or visit us online at ccm.uc.edu. CCM has become an All-Steinway School through the kindness of its donors. A generous gift by Patricia A. Corbett in her estate plan has played a key role in making this a reality. Internationally acclaimed, Grammy and Juno-award-winning Canadian baritone Gerald Finley began singing as a chorister in Ottawa before completing his musical studies in the UK at the Royal College of Music, King’s College, Cambridge and the National Opera Studio. After his initial appearances at Glyndebourne in the Mozart baritone repertoire, he now PROGRAM appears in a variety of leading roles at the world’s opera houses. His Don Giovanni has been seen in Salzburg, Munich, Vienna, Prague, Rome, New York, Paris, Tel Aviv and Winterreise Franz Schubert London. He has created the lead roles in a number of major premières, including the role of Howard K. Stern in Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, J. Robert I. Gute Nacht (1797-1828) Oppenheimer in Doctor Atomic at the Metropolitan Opera, Harry Heegan in The Silver II. Die Wetterfahne Tassie at English National Opera, the title role in Fantastic Mr. Fox and Jaufre Rudel in L’amour de loin. His expanding dramatic repertoire include recent outstanding successes III. Gefrorne Tränen as Hans Sachs in Meistersinger at Glyndebourne and Iago in Otello with the LSO. In 2012, IV. Erstarrung he was honored by Opera Canada with a Ruby Award. V. Der Lindenbaum Finley performs with all the major orchestras of the world, in oratorio and symphonic VI. Wasserflut repertoire, notably the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, London Symphony, the Concertgebouw and the Berlin Philharmonic. His album Arias in English with the VII. Auf dem Flusse London Philharmonic won the 2011 Juno Award. VIII. Rückblick Through Hyperion Records, his releases include a Gramophone Magazine Award-winning IX. Irrlicht album of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and two further Gramophone Awards for Songs by X. Rast Samuel Barber and Britten’s Songs and Proverbs, all with Julius Drake. He was nominated XI. Frühlingstraum as Gramophone’s Artist of the Year in 2006 and 2009. XII. Einsamkeit Features of this season include concerts and recitals throughout Europe, the Marriage of Figaro at the Met, Don Giovanni in Munich and Cosi fan tutte at the Salzburg Festival. XIII. Die Post He adds to his Wagner roles at Covent Garden as Amfortas in Parsifal. His recording XIV. Der greise Kopf projects with Julius Drake include Winterreise and a CD of Liszt songs with Hyperion. He XV. Die Krähe is a visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music and gives masterclasses whenever his performing schedule allows. XVI. Letzte Hoffnung XVII. Im Dorfe XVIII. Der stürmische Morgen The pianist Julius Drake lives in London and specializes in the field of chamber music, XIX. Täuschung working with many of the world’s leading artists, both in recital and on disc. XX. Der Wegweiser He appears at all the major music centres: in recent seasons concerts have taken him to the XXI. Das Wirtshaus Aldeburgh, Edinburgh, Munich, Schubertiade and Salzburg Music Festivals; to Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Centre, New York; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and Philarmonie, XXII. Mut! Cologne; Châtelet and Musée de Louvre, Paris; La Scala, Milan, and Liceu, Barcelona; XXIII. Die Nebensonnen Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Vienna; and Wigmore Hall and BBC Proms, London. XXIV. Der Leiermann Julius Drake’s many recordings include a widely acclaimed series with Gerald Finley for Hyperion, for which the Barber Songs, Schumann Heine Lieder and Britten Songs and Proverbs have won the 2007, 2009 and 2011 Gramophone Awards; award-winning recordings with Ian Bostridge for EMI; and several recitals for the Wigmore Live label, with Lorraine Hunt Liebersen, Matthew Polenzani, Joyce Didonato and Alice Coote, among others. Julius Drake has now embarked on a major project to record the complete songs of Franz Liszt for Hyperion. The second disc in the series, with Angelika Kirchschlager, won the BBC Music Magazine Award for 2012. Highlights in his present schedule include a tour of the USA and Canada with Gerald Finley; a series of four Schumann concerts at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; a tour of Japan with Ian Bostridge and Angelika Kirchschlager; recordings with Sarah Connolly and Katarina Karneus; instrumental chamber music at the festivals of Delft, West Cork and Oxford; recitals in his own series at the historic Middle Temple Hall, London; and, to mark 30 years performing at London’s Wigmore Hall, a major series there entitled Julius Drake: Perspectives..