Dreams and Disillusionment: Songs of Love
Friday, November 1, 2024 7:30PM
Brahms, Schubert, Ravel, and De Falla were all brilliant masters of song. Mezzo-soprano Kameryn Lueng and pianist Irwin Shung have programmed a compelling emotional journey through love pure and love decayed, featuring the works of these composers and others.
The program will be aided by English subtitles, and the musicians will discuss how composers through the centuries painted feelings and images into life with sound.
Program
Die Mainacht, op. 43 no. 2
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, op. 48 no.1
Standchen, op. 106, no. 1
Manuel de Falla
Johannes Brahms
Claude Debussy
La Chevelure from Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90
C'est l'extase langoureuse from Ariettes Oubliées, L. 60
Widmung, op. 25 no. 1
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Robert Schumann
Herbst, D945
Von ewiger Liebe, op. 43 no. 1
Du bist die Ruh, D776
Johannes Brahms
Robert Schumann
Johannes Brahms
Jota
Dort in den Weiden from Sechs Lieder, op. 97
La Flûte de Pan
Buddings
Flowerings
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, M.64
I. Soupir
II. Placet futile
III. Surgi de la croupe et du bond
Maurice Ravel
Franz Schubert
Johannes Brahms
Robert Schumann
Ripe
Rot
Seeds Again
Claude Debussy La Chevelure from Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90
Claude Debussy C'est l'extase langoureuse from Ariettes Oubliées, L. 60
Robert Schumann Widmung, op. 25 no. 1
Johannes Brahms Die Mainacht, op. 43 no. 2
Robert Schumann Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, op. 48 no.1
Johannes Brahms Standchen, op. 106, no. 1
Manuel de Falla Jota
Johannes Brahms Dort in den Wieden from Sechs Lieder, op. 97
Claude Debussy La Flûte de Pan
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, M.64
I. Soupir
II. Placet futile
III. Surgi de la croupe et du bond
Franz Schubert Herbst, D945
Johannes Brahms Von ewiger Liebe, op. 43 no. 1
Robert Schumann Du bist die Ruh, D776
Artists
Kameryn Lueng, Mezzo Soprano
"Kameryn Lueng soared in James Primosch’s ‘Holy the Firm’”
– Zachary Woolfe, New York Times
"Lueng was a joy to listen to, with a voice of arresting beauty, exceptional purity and remarkable agility"
–Kate Stringer, The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Mezzo soprano Kameryn Lueng has made a name for herself as an up-and-coming recitalist, concert soloist, and historical performance specialist, with a repertoire spanning from the medieval to modern eras. A graduate of the Bard College Conservatory, the New England Conservatory and Case Western Reserve University, she has performed at celebrated venues and festivals nationwide, most notably The Morgan Library in New York, the Tanglewood Festival in Massachusetts and the Boston Early Music Festival.
Irwin Shung, Piano
Dr. Irwin Shung, whose playing has been praised by State Magazine for its “ease, technique, and musicianship,” has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Shung teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University, in addition to serving as Artistic Director of The Resonance Project ever since its roots were originally put down in Seattle. Shung maintains an active musical profile both on the West Coast and in Cleveland, where he was recently selected as Height Arts' Artist of the Month. Currently in his third year as President of the Northeast Ohio Music Teachers Association, Shung's leadership over the organization has seen the development of dynamic new programs for hundreds of regional precollegiate music students in Cuyahoga, Geauga, and Lorain Counties.
Shung received his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music in January, 2015, where he studied with Dr. Daniel Shapiro. He has also received instruction on piano from distinguished teachers such as Marian Hahn (Peabody Conservatory), Leon Fleisher (Peabody Conservatory), Herbert Stessin (Julliard School), Gabriel Chodos (New England Conservatory), and Victoria Bogdashevskaya (Moscow Conservatory). Awards received include the Pauline Favin Memorial Award from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, and prizes in the Darius Milhaud Competition as well as the Young Artist International Piano Competition.
Appearances in 2023-24 include workshops and concerts in Bellevue, WA; Victoria, British Columbia; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Singapore, and numerous cities in Ohio. His complete recording of the first book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier is available online, with the second book and the Goldberg Variations currently in-progress. Current projects include the construction of a chamber recording studio at the Artist House in South Euclid, as well Crescendo Cleveland, a music program for pre-college musicians.