Short Stories
Tracy Cox, soprano
September 2, 7.30 pm
Pierre-André Doucet, piano
Program
Night Songs
- Die Nacht
- Whitman Settings: When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
- Wandrers Nachtlied, D. 768
War and Peace
- The Voice of Desire: II. White Eggs in the Bush
- Priez pour paix
- Sturmlied
- Die junge nonne
- Chants de terre et de ciel: Résurrection
Intermission
Love, Nature, and Death
- Suleika I
- La mort d'Ophélie
- Fleur jetée
- Ich liebe dich
Wesendonck-Lieder
II. Stehe Still
V. Träume
Cuatro sonetos de amor
II. Amarra tu corazón al mio
III. Cuando yo muero
* Young Artist Series presented at 7.30 pm; Jack-Bo Liu, piano.
Ms. Cox was awarded the George London-Kirsten Flagstad Prize in February 2014, and the Birgit Nilsson Prize at the 2013 Operalia Competition in Verona. She recently placed 2nd in Fort Worth Opera’s McCammon Competition, was a National Finalist in the 2013 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and the 2013 recipient of the prestigious Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. Ms. Cox was the 2012 winner of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, and was subsequently presented in recital by the Broad Stage in Los Angeles, and the National Opera Center in New York City.
Tracy Cox, a Dallas native, has been pegged by the Washington Post as an “impressive” soprano, and Arts in LA described her voice as, “opulent, dramatic, and expressive, with a golden sheen that is nothing short of breathtaking”. An alumna of Los Angeles Opera’s Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program, during her residence she sang the role of the Female Chorus in Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, among many others. 2013 brought her debut with Wolf Trap Opera in the role of Alice Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff, and she returned this summer to sing the featured role of “Sa Femme” in Milhaud’s Le Pauvre Matelot.
This past season saw Ms. Cox’s debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Pasadena Symphony, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Györ, Budapest’s MÁV Symphony Orchestra, and Opera San Luis Obispo.
Tracy Cox, soprano
Winner of the Knigge Piano Competition (2013), Mr. Doucet has also been awarded top prizes for his performances of contemporary works, namely at the Ibiza International Piano Competition (2013) and the Prix d’Europe (2014).
Praised for his sincere and colourful playing as well as for his modern and fascinating writing, pianist and author Pierre-André Doucet is rapidly establishing himself as one of Canada’s most captivating young artists.
Mr Doucet is presently a doctoral candidate at l’Université de Montréal, where he studies under Maneli Pirzadeh. He has also benefited from masterclasses with some of the world’s leading artists at the Music Academy of the West, Songfest and Tanglewood (United States) and the Franz-Schubert-Institut (Austria).
In addition to having been declared the Discovery of the Year at the most recent Éloizes Gala, Pierre-André Doucet was also recently featured on CBC Radio’s list of 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30.
Pierre-André Doucet, piano
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Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944)
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1845 - 1921)
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Richard Strauss (1879 - 1962)
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Mark Carlson (born 1952)