Relationships, relationships, relationships -- today we look at the complicated dynamics between singer and pianist in an art song duo, and how these are perceived by both parties, as well as by audiences, booking agents and concert organizers. We talk about how playing with singers is different from instrumentalists, but also about finances, respect and how it is communicated on stage and what happens when collaborative partnerships end. Oh, and we talk about what to call ourselves -- are we "accompanists"?

Thanks to this week's interviewees, who are: Thomas Hampson, Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, Anna Tilbrook, Graham Johnson, Jonathan Ware, Anna Ronai, Elvia Puccinelli, Roger Vignoles, Kathy Kelly, Jean Barr and Anna Bull

Music used in this episode:
- Franz Schubert "Die Forelle" Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Gerald Moore WARNER CLASSICS
- Gaetano Donizetti: "Il dole suono" from Lucia di lammermoor DECCA
- Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet Anna Tilbrook and friends / Private Recording.
- Richard Strauss: "Amor" jennifer O'Loughlin & Chanda VanderHart. Live from Wigmore Hall, Private Recording.

Concept & Narration: Chanda VanderHart
Sound and Editing: Bill Lloyd
Sponsored by the Department of Musicology and Performance Studes (IMI) at the mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

S1E6 Duos And Audiences

In this, our penultimate episode of season 2, we talk more about whether Art Song  — as a genre, a product and also as an industry — is actually accessible to everyone and why or why not. We touch on topics ranging from Eurovision, publication, entrepreneur Rosario Marciano and efforts to being made to diversify repertoire, who gets on stage and music history in Europe, the UK, North America and Australia with Lana Bode, Elaine Chia, John Michael Cooper, Jocelyn Freeman, Elvia Puccinelli, Wolfgang Holzmair, Natasha Loges  & Roderick Williams.

Music used in this episode:
-Noel Coward: “I went to a marvelous party” from “Set to Music"
Patricia Routledge & Cowardy Custard (Original London Festival Cast Recording) 972 Sony Music Entertainment
-Deborah Cheetham: Woven Song, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Live
-Robert Schumann: “Im wunderschönen Monat Mai” from Dichterliebe, Wolfgang Holzmair & Imogen Cooper
-Édith Piaf: “La vie en rose” Clara Montocchio & Chanda VanderHart
-Florence Price: “The Heart of a Woman”, Fleur Barron & Kunal Lahiry

Related Links:
Song Easel: https://www.songeasel.co.uk/#:~:text=SongEasel%20was%20founded%20by%20Jocelyn,charitable%20status%20in%20February%202022. 
Lana Bode: https://www.lanabode.com/ 
Elaine Chia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaine-chia-4364aa1/?originalSubdomain=au 
Jocelyn Freeman: https://www.jocelynfreeman.com/ 
Natasha Loges: https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Fnatashaloges 
Michael Cooper: https://cooperm55.wixsite.com/jmc3
Roderick Williams: https://twitter.com/RGCWbaritone?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Wolfgang Holzmair: http://wolfgangholzmair.com/ 
Elvia Puccinelli: https://music.unt.edu/faculty-and-staff/elvia-puccinelli

Concept & Narration: Chanda VanderHart iwk.mdw.ac.at/chanda-vanderhart/
Sound and Editing: Bill Lloyd www.linkedin.com/in/bill-lloyd-40…inalSubdomain=uk
Sponsored by the Stabstelle Gleichstellung, Gender Studies und Diversität and the Department of Musicology and Performance Studies (IMI) at the mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna www.mdw.ac.at/imi/too-many-frocks/

S2E8 Emergency Access

Delphine (Franz Schubert)

Lange habe ich den Wunsch gehegt, Lieder des musikalischen Jugendstil aufzunehmen. Seit meiner Studienzeit, besonders in London, habe ich mich mit Erich Wolfgang Korngold und seinen Zeitgenossen sehr intensiv beschäftigt. Zahlreiche Liederabende und auch meine Magisterarbeit über das Liedschaffen von Erich Wolfgang Korngold haben schließlich dazu geführt, diese Aufnahme zu verwirklichen. 
Die Zusammenstellung der Lieder soll ein Abbild der Zeit sein und beinhaltet Komponisten, die das musikalische Leben Wiens im Jugendstil mitgeprägt haben. 
Ich wünsche viel Vergnügen beim Besuch eines Wiener Salons. Auch bei der Aufnahme haben wir versucht, diese Stimmung einzufangen. Vielleicht entdecken Sie dabei noch nie Gehörtes!

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S1E6 Duos And Audiences

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