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This is an ambitious recital by soprano Anna Prohaska, organized around the story of Eve in the Bible. The program has six sections: "Morning in Paradise," "Eve Awakens," "Arcadia / Pastoral Idyll," "Playing with Fire / Eve and Evil / The Fall of Man," "Banishment / Exodus / Memories," and "Earthly Life." Plainly not all of these deal directly with Eve; the connections with her are indirect and metaphorical, and listeners may have varying degrees of ability to follow the thread. However, the execution of the idea is masterful. Prohaska deploys a startling variety of repertory, from the near serialism of Albert Reimann to the folk song I Will Give My Love an Apple (no metaphor there), including German, French, English, Russian, and American songs (the American vernacular accents in songs by Leonard Bernstein and Charles Ives are solid). More than this, she inhabits the songs as if they were indeed all about Eve, changing her delivery and mood convincingly in each section. Few singers could have pulled...
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This is an ambitious recital by soprano Anna Prohaska, organized around the story of Eve in the Bible. The program has six sections: "Morning in Paradise," "Eve Awakens," "Arcadia / Pastoral Idyll," "Playing with Fire / Eve and Evil / The Fall of Man," "Banishment / Exodus / Memories," and "Earthly Life." Plainly not all of these deal directly with Eve; the connections with her are indirect and metaphorical, and listeners may have varying degrees of ability to follow the thread. However, the execution of the idea is ...
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- Chansons (3), for chorus (or voice & piano), M. 69: Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis
- Silhouette (Galilee), song for voice & piano
- Harawi, song cycle for soprano & piano, I/28: Bonjour toi, colombe verte
- Paradis, for voice & piano in E minor, Op. 95/1 (La chanson d'Eve)
- Apparition ("La lune s'attristait"), song for voice & piano, L. 57 (53)
- Clair comme le jour, for voice & piano: Ce qu'Adam dit à Éve
- Pastorale, song without words for voice & piano
- Die Spröde ("An dem reinsten Frühlingsmorgen"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder)
- Die Bekehrte ("Bei dem Glanz der Abendröte"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder)
- Salamander ("Es sass ein Salamander"), song for voice & piano, Op. 107/2
- Kinderlieder, for soprano & piano: Gib mir den Apfel
- A Poison Tree, for medium voice & piano
- Alte Weise, for voice & piano, Op. 33: Röschen biß den Apfel an
- L'enfant et les sortilèges, opera-ballet in 2 parts, M. 71: Air du feu
- A-oo, song for voice & piano, Op. 38/6
- Evening, song for voice & piano, S. 244 (K. 6B69a)
- Sleep, Adam, sacred song for soprano & continuo, Z. 195
- Auflösung ("Verbirg dich, Sonne"), song for voice & piano, D. 807
- Abendstern ("Was weilst du einsam an dem Himmel"), song for voice & piano, D. 806
- Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 50: Part 3. Jetzt sank des Abends gold'ner Schein
- Warte, warte, wilder Schiffmann, song for voice & piano (Liederkreis), Op. 24/6
- Die Hollywood-Elegien for voice & piano: Jeden Morgen, mein Brot zu verdienen
- Die Hollywood-Elegien for voice & piano: Diese Stadt hat mich belehrt
- Das irdische Leben, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in B flat minor (Des Knaben Wunderhorn No. 5)
- Early Songs (3), for voice & piano: Wind Elegy
- I Will Give My Love an Apple, folk song
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