Florestan Recital Project

09/06/2022

Florestan Recital Project presents a Marcel Tyberg Legacy Concert, in.collaboration with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra organization and the Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies: https://bpo.org/event/the-marcel-tyberg-legacy-concert-piano-and-vocal-music/

Marcel Tyberg (1893–1944) was an accomplished composer, conductor and pianist.
His eclectic compositional style embraced popular dance music as well as enormous symphonies on the scale of Mahler. Unfortunately, due to the conditions of World War II, Tyberg, only 1/16th Jewish, was deported to Auschwitz and died there.
In anticipation of his deportation, Marcel entrusted all compositions and personal writings to his friend Dr. Milan Mihich. After the end of WWII, Mihich’s son, Dr. Enrico Mihich, emigrated to Buffalo, taking Tyberg’s music with him. Enrico (“Henry”) became a successful research physician at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, and he partnered with the Buffalo Philharmonic’s Artistic Director JoAnn Falletta and musicians in the Buffalo community in preparing many of Tyberg’s works for performance.

11/24/2020

Here’s an exciting songSlam event from a wonderful partner organization!
Join us online this Saturday (6pm Pacific)
9 teams + 9 brand new art song = $1,500 in prizes🥉🥈🥇
🎟 Get your ticket (by donation) for your ballot! ✍️

New songs compete for audience-awarded prizes!

08/22/2020

Announcing the world premiere recording of Ben Gunn! http://www.florestanproject.org/florestan_new_site/projects/bengunn/description.html.
Created by composer Scott Wheeler and poet Paul Muldoon, this song cycle chronicles the misadventures of Ben Gunn, a character in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure story Treasure Island. Marooned on Treasure Island for three years, trying to make sense of new and unfamiliar surroundings - Gunn is not so different from many of us at this moment; unmoored, adrift, and searching through the distance for connections.

As an arts organization, we want to bring you a respite from the anxiety currently surrounding us. We hope this work will do for you what music has always done in dark times - reveal a deeper understanding of our current circumstances, and help us find our footing.

Made possible in part through a grant from Emerson College, this recording is the newest edition in our online library of free releases, all available for streaming at our website, www.florestanproject.org. http://www.florestanproject.org/florestan_new_site/projects/bengunn/description.html.

07/24/2020

Check out the ongoing work of Art Song Lab this year!

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09/11/2019

"Evidence of Things Not Seen" is the fulfillment of Ned Rorem’s longtime dream of an “Art of the Song.” It is a beautiful and profound tour through a life fully lived, with an excellent selection of English-language texts to express the journey through innocence and youth, love and love lost, the struggles with illness and loss, and, finally, the wisdom and reconciliation that can come with age and death.
There are some truly glorious moments, and there are some moments that will break your heart.

This event will be live streamed: fredonia.edu/music/live
Event is free.
Sunday, September 15 at 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Artists: Aaron Engebreth, baritone; Martha Guth, soprano; Joe Dan Harper, tenor; Lynne McMurtry, contralto; Alison d’Amato & Anne Kissel, pianists.

Florestan worked directly with Ned Rorem to give the Boston premiere of the piece in 2003.
Of my hundreds of works, large and small, I would most like to be remembered by Evidence of Things Not Seen. This ninety-minute cycle of songs is a summation of all that I think and feel about vocal music.
The performance of Evidence, by the Florestan Recital Project, is exemplary and definitive. I am deeply moved that Florestan should wish to retain this work in their permanent repertory. --Ned Rorem

09/11/2019

"Evidence of Things Not Seen" is the fulfillment of Ned Rorem’s longtime dream of an “Art of the Song.” It is a beautiful and profound tour through a life fully lived, with an excellent selection of English-language texts to express the journey through innocence and youth, love and love lost, the struggles with illness and loss, and, finally, the wisdom and reconciliation that can come with age and death.
There are some truly glorious moments, and there are some moments that will break your heart.

This event will be live streamed: fredonia.edu/music/live
Event is free.
Sunday, September 15 at 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Artists: Aaron Engebreth, baritone; Martha Guth, soprano; Joe Dan Harper, tenor; Lynne McMurtry, contralto; Alison d’Amato & Anne Kissel, pianists.

Florestan worked directly with Ned Rorem to give the Boston premiere of the piece in 2003.
Of my hundreds of works, large and small, I would most like to be remembered by Evidence of Things Not Seen. This ninety-minute cycle of songs is a summation of all that I think and feel about vocal music.
The performance of Evidence, by the Florestan Recital Project, is exemplary and definitive. I am deeply moved that Florestan should wish to retain this work in their permanent repertory. --Ned Rorem

11/17/2018

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11/02/2018

Remembering the Day of the Dead with The Peculiar Case of H. H. Holmes, still one of our favorite commissioning projects! Enjoy the video, Libby Larsen's excellent music, and Goldlust Design's expert animation.

Announcing the release of our world premiere recording of renowned composer Libby Larsen's "The Peculiar Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes". The work explores the …