New York Festival of Songs: The Voluptuous Muse - Masters of German Romanticism, Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
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Joseph Kaiser, Kate Lindsey
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The German Consulate recommends:
A program highlighting the lush harmonies and exotic themes of late-Romantic masters Nikolai Medtner, Karol Szymanowski, Erich Korngold and Richard Strauss and their contemporaries. These exquisitely-crafted creations are charged with seductive beauty and expressive power, composed during a unique historic moment of restless change - the era between the turn of the 20th century and the First World War. The exciting Russian-American soprano Dina Kuznetsova and two rising stars of the Metropolitan Opera, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey and tenor Joseph Kaiser, bring virtuosity and commitment to a new program of this dazzling repertoire. Steven Blier and Michael Barrett join them at the piano.New York Festival of Song was founded in 1988 by Steven Blier and Michael Barrett. NYFOS is dedicated to creating intimate song concerts of great beauty, humor and originality, combining music, poetry, and history to entertain, educate and create community among audiences and performers.
Location and Time:
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 8 p.m.
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 8 p.m.
Single ticket prices at Merkin Concert Hall are $40 to $55, with a limited number of $15 student tickets available by calling NYFOS at (646) 230-8380. Group discounts are available, as well.
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center is at 129 West 67th Street (just west of Broadway), New York, NY 10023. Center. Call (212) 501-3330, or order online at www.kaufman-center.org.
