Recording a diverse program of repertoire Emily Pogorelc along with pianist Christopher Reynolds open the 2019-2020 Ryan Opera Center recital series for WFMT radio. They perform a variety of works from the 19th and 20th century including Schubert, Boulanger, Grieg, Sibelius and Rachmaninoff. The program ends with one of Gustav Mahler’s most emotional works “Das himmlische Leben”. Host Colin Ure speaks with Lyric Opera of Chicago’s General Director, Anthony Freud about the work that the Ryan Opera Center does. You can currently stream the recital via the link below.
Program includes
Lied der Delphine, by Franz Schubert
Lerchenhesang, by Johannes Brahms
Les lilas qui avaient fleuri, by Lili Boulanger
Six Poems Op. 38, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
II. To Her
IV. The Rat‐Catcher
V. The Dream
Das himmlische Leben, by Gustav Mahler
Emily Pogorelc, soprano; Christopher Reynolds, piano