Neruda Songs

The Neruda Songs are a cycle of five songs composed for mezzo-soprano soloist and orchestra by the American composer Peter Lieberson (1946-2011) for his wife, singer Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954-2006). The cycle is a setting of poems by twentieth-century Chilean poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda.

The Neruda Songs were co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony; the world premiere was given on May 20, 2005, by the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting and Hunt Lieberson as soloist.[1] The Boston Symphony performed the work in November 2005 with Hunt Lieberson as soloist and James Levine conducting, followed by performances with the Cleveland Orchestra, Robert Spano conducting. Hunt Lieberson died of breast cancer in July 2006, aged 52.[2] Nonesuch subsequently released a commercial recording of the Boston/Levine performance of the Neruda Songs.[3]

In December 2007, Lieberson won the 2008 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for Neruda Songs.[4] The Rilke Songs have also been issued, in separate studio and concert performances by Hunt Lieberson, both on the Bridge Records, Inc. label.[5]

Songs

References

  1. ↑ Mark Swed (May 23, 2005). "Love and hate, juxtaposed; L.A. Philharmonic pairs Lieberman's exquisite 'Neruda Songs' with Shostakovich's nasty broadside at Stalin". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ↑ Anthony Tommasini (July 5, 2006). "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Luminous Mezzo, Dies at 52". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  3. ↑ Matthew Westphal (November 29, 2006). "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's Performance of Her Husband's Neruda Songs to Be Issued on CD". Playbill Arts. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  4. ↑ Matthew Westphal (December 3, 2007). "Peter Lieberson Wins 2008 Grawemeyer Award for Neruda Songs". Playbill Arts. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  5. ↑ Arkiv music website.
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