Here's a snip of our fun "Shepherd on the Rock" by Schubert.  
Kira Braun, Soprano
Peter Krochak, Piano
Carlos Meléndez, Clarinet
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Recorded at Number 9 Audio Group, Toronto ON Canada
Sound Engineer: Bernie Cisternas

Shepherd on the Rock Excerpt

Widmung (Dedication)
Kira Braun, Soprano     Peter Krochak, Piano

German

Du meine Seele, du mein Herz,
Du meine Wonn’, O du mein Schmerz,
Du meine Welt, in der ich lebe,
Mein Himmel du, darein ich schwebe,
O du mein Grab, in das hinab
Ich ewig meinen Kummer gab.

Du bist die Ruh, du bist der Frieden,
Du bist vom Himmel mir beschieden.
Daß du mich liebst, macht mich mir wert,
Dein Blick hat mich vor mir verklärt,
Du hebst mich liebend über mich,
Mein guter Geist, mein beßres Ich!

English translation

You my soul, you my heart,
you my bliss, o you my pain,
you the world in which I live;
you my heaven, in which I float,
o you my grave, into which 
I eternally cast my grief.

You are rest, you are peace,
you are bestowed upon me from heaven.
That you love me makes me worthy of you;
your gaze transfigures me;
you raise me lovingly above myself,
my good spirit, my better self!

Translation from http://www.your-perfect-wedding-music.com/widmung.html

Recorded September 17 2016 at Number 9 Audio Group in Toronto
Sound Engineer: Bernie Cisternas

Schumann:  Widmung

Poulenc's "Airs Chantés" are an interesting collection - meant to be taken lightly and not seriously.

Kira Braun, Soprano, Peter Krochak, Piano
Recorded Nov 2016 at Number 9 Audio Group, Toronto
Sound Engineer: Bernie Cisternas
Artistic Advisor: Brahm Goldhamer

Poulenc: Air Romantique

Purcell lived from 1659 to 1695 in the late Baroque period. Imagine the feeling of the young lovers as they planned clandestine meetings in the palace gardens, and wrote and sent love notes to one another.

Kira Braun, Soprano 
Peter Krochak, Piano
Recorded Nov 26, 2016 at Number 9 Audio Group
Sound Engineer: Bernie Cisternas

Painting in photo is by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Purcell: Sweeter Than Roses

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade Opus 63 No 6
Kira Braun, Soprano & Peter Krochak, Piano
Recorded October 1 2017 at Number 9 Audio Group
Toronto ON
Sound Engineer: Bernie Cisternas

Tchaikovsky:  Serenade

Pre-Release
Reynaldo Hahn: 'Venezia'  L'avertimento
Kira Braun, Soprano
Peter Krochak, Piano
Recorded at Number 9 Audio Group, Toronto ON Oct 1 2017
Sound Engineer: Bernie Cisternas

Reynaldo Hahn: L'avertimento

Pre-Release
Reynaldo Hahn: 'Venezia' La Primavera
Kira Braun, Soprano
Peter Krochak, Piano
Recorded at Number 9 Audio Group, Toronto ON Oct 1 2017
Sound Engineer: Bernie Cisternas

Reynaldo Hahn La Primavera

Pre Release
Schubert: Suleika I 
Kira Braun, Soprano
Peter Krochak, Piano
Recorded at Number 9 Audio Group, Toronto ON
Sound Engineer: Bernie Cisternas
Artistic Advisor: Brahm Goldhamer

Schubert: Suleika I

A haunting melody set to the words of poet Adolf Heyduk.  Perhaps suitable for this Father's Day, when I miss my Dad the most.

Translation can be found here: http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=21162

Kira Braun Soprano, Peter Krochak Piano
Sound Engineer: Bernie Cisternas Number 9 Audio Group
Artistic Advisor: Brahm Goldhamer
Diction Coach: Raisa Nakhmanovich

With gratefulness for everyone who has been involved!

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Kira & Peter have been working together professionally since 2014, after a chance meeting when they realized they had both had the same voice teacher many years before, in St. Catharines.  A friendship blossomed and the two have become a musical partnership, finding a mutual passion in creating and sharing their music.
Peter possesses a Bachelor's Degree in Piano Performance from the University of Toronto.   By day he is a sought-after Immigration Lawyer; As a partner of the firm Abrams and Krochak, Peter speaks fluent Ukrainian and Russian and has helped many people become citizens of Canada.
Kira is currently a student at York University pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, Music, focusing on Classical and Jazz Voice.  After a 30 year profession as an Interior Designer and Capital Projects Manager, she is finally pursuing her music studies and her love of performance, almost full-time.

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