Mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager was joined by pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet at Jordan Hall on Friday.
(NIKOLAUS KARLINSKY)
MUSIC REVIEW
A celebration of Liszt, led by mezzo Kirchschlager
Mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager was joined by pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet at Jordan Hall on Friday.
(NIKOLAUS KARLINSKY)
Even in a Liszt anniversary year that has swept vast quantities of his music onto concert stages, the composer’s art songs, roughly 80 in total, remain an under-explored corner of his work. This made the second half of Friday night’s Brahms-Liszt recital, given by Austrian mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager and French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, all the more welcome. The evening took place in Jordan Hall, and was presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston.
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