The great Marie-Nicole Lemieux presents two worlds of love with her long-time collaborator, pianist Daniel Blumenthal. The deeply nostalgic mood of Johannes Brahms’ Zwei Gesänge with viola and Vier ernste Gesänge is matched by the sentimental delicacy of Jules Massenet’s Expressions lyriques.
PROGRAM:
BRAHMS, Zwei Gesänge for voice, viola and piano, op. 91*
BRAHMS, Vier ernste Gesänge for voice and piano, op. 121
MASSENET, Les dix mélodies pour voix et piano des Expressions lyriques
*With Victor Fournelle-Blain, alto
INTERPRETS:
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
Daniel Blumenthal, piano
