Burning River Baroque recorded live in Hudson, OH on 9/18/16
at Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson during a Music from the Western Reserve concert
Recorded by David Roden, Chamsori Productions
photo credit Tom Hughey

Malina Rauschenfels and Josefien Stoppelenburg, sopranos
Phillip W. Serna, viola da gamba
Paula Maust, harpsichord

Gl'occhi superbi - Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Burning River Baroque's 
Twisted Fate: Famed and Forgotten Female Composers

Gl'occhi superbi - Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)

Kate Maroney, mezzo-soprano, and Spencer Myer, piano

Trois Chansons de Bilitis by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Texts: Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925)

1. La Flûte de Pan
2. La Chevalure
3. Le Tombeau des Naïades

Le Tombeau Des Naiades

La Chevelure

1. La Flûte De Pan

Memorial is a piece for soprano voice, cello and piano. It was commissioned by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble for its 2018 season. 

Program note
Inspired by one of my favorite works, Dido's lament, from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, this work gives voice to one of humanity’s most shared yearnings. I’m particularly touched by the moment in which the singer sings "remember me”-- a cry that comes from the deepest part of one's soul. I think about it as a collective cry, because we all have a longing to be remembered. The text used comes from the poem "Song," written by Christina Rosetti.

In this recording: Lindsay Kesselman-soprano, Norbert Lewandowski-cello, Oscar Micaelsson-piano.

Memorial

Played by the fantastic Ascending Duo at Waterloo Contemporary Music Sessions, Waterloo, Ontario, August 2018

birdsong fantasia

10.02.2019 Kadrioru Loss - 10. Anniversary Concert of Una Corda

https://kadriorumuuseum.ekm.ee/syndmus/lossimuusika-ansambel-una-corda/

photo: Mart Raun

Külmking / Chills (2019)

Burning River Baroque presents cutting-edge programs about issues that are on the forefront of social change. Inspired by the tremendous environmental reform that occurred after the Cuyahoga River burned, they throw open the doors of the concert hall to all audiences by offering most concerts for free/by donation and performing in both traditional and non-traditional venues. They involve the audience in the drama unfolding onstage by demonstrating the profound connections between issues in the baroque era and those of modern times, and they commission a new composition each season to further fuse together ideas of the past and present.

Praised by the Boston Musical Intelligencer as a group that “left an indelible imprint on my psyche,” Cleveland-based Burning River Baroque is an innovative artist-run ensemble founded in 2012 with the goal of bringing the drama, passion, and vitality of Baroque music to life for contemporary audiences. Core members are Malina Rauschenfels, a Juilliard-educated multi-instrumentalist and composer, and Paula Maust, a Cleveland Institute of Music graduate who is currently pursuing a doctorate in harpsichord at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. The ensemble strives to engage listeners of all ages and walks of life by offering our performances for free and by performing in a diverse range of venues--from urban churches and coffeehouses to rural libraries and everywhere in between. Since its formation in 2012, Burning River Baroque has put on an average of 15-20 concerts each season and recorded and released three live CDs and two live DVDs.

Gl'occhi superbi - Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)

Burning River Baroque

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