David Daniels, countertenor
Martin Katz, piano
Saturday, January 19, 8pm, NEC’s Jordan Hall

Recently named one of Gramophone Magazine’s “Top Ten Trailblazers,” countertenor David Daniels has reminded the music-loving world just how powerful countertenor singing can be, not only with groundbreaking portrayals of the heroes from Handel’s works, but with acclaimed interpretations of the music of Berlioz, Britten, and Poulenc, as well. To experience firsthand Daniels’ superior artistry, dynamic stage presence, and voluptuous warmth of tone, is to bask in a performance of celestial beauty.

“To say that he is the most acclaimed countertenor of the day, perhaps the best ever, is to understate his achievement. He is simply a great singer.”
—The New York Times

PROGRAM:

Brahms
Auf dem See, Opus 59, no. 2
Ständchen, Opus 106, no. 1
Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen, Opus 32, no. 2
Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund, WoO. 33, no. 25
O wüsst’ ich doch den Weg zurück, Opus 63, no. 8

Jacopo Peri
Gioite al canto mio

Francesco Durante
Danza, danza fanciulla

Giulio Caccini
Amarilli, mia bella

Girolamo Frescobaldi
Cosi mi disprezzate

Hahn
A Chloris
Quand je fus pris au pavillon
Chanson au bord de la fontaine
Paysage

Handel
“Cara sposa, amante cara” from Rinaldo
“Furibondo spira il vento” from Partenope

Quilter
Music when soft voices die

Vaughan Williams
Linden Lea

Elgar
Where corals lie

Howells
King David

Arr. Quilter
Drink to me only with thine eyes

Gerald Finzi
It was a lover and his lass

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