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Hank Zauderer is a violinist and an artist. He regularly hosts an evening classical music program at NPR radio station KUSP in Santa Cruz, California. In the past he was a member of several symphony orchestras and chamber music groups. In particular, he loves the study of great composers and feels that music composition so often reflects the key events that took place in a composer's life.
Hank's taste includes the old Gregorian Chants and related religious works as well as music of the Baroque, Classical, and the Romantic period. Some of his favorites include Mahler, Edward Elgar, Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, and Benjamin Britten.
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Lieberson’s Legacy
Posted: Thursday | 12.24.09
Lieberson’s Legacy
When a great artist tragically dies, we are fortunate to be left with recordings of the artist’s recitals. This particular Recital, recorded at Ravinia in 2004, features the wonderful, powerful mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson accompanied by pianist Peter Serkin.
There was a theme to this recital: Songs of love, with selections composed by Brahms, Handel, Debussy, and Mozart, plus encores by Burleigh and Telson.
The musical sensitivity and interpretive art of Ms. Lieberson leave one impressed and sad. We are impressed with her great artistry, phrasing, musical feeling, and technical excellence. We are sad… because we no longer have any more of her art…
Peter Serkin provides the fine accompanying support with his playing. In this music, Ms. Lieberson’s voice grabs you immediately with its warmth and fullness of expression, and in these classical Lieder, we had Lorraine Hunt Lieberson as a fine interpreter who is now gone.
We can enjoy what she left us…