PIERROT LUNAIRE (Op. 21) - Arnold Schoenberg | Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble | Sarah Richmond

Arnold Schoenberg's dramatic and groundbreaking masterpiece Pierrot lunaire is a melodrama setting of 21 poems (3 x 7) by Albert Giraud. Drawing on Schoenberg's experience of Berlin's Uberbrettl literary cabaret, the piece features a 'reciter' (usually a soprano) accompanied by myriad combinations of flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, a combination which has subsequently come to be known as the Pierrot Quintet.
For this performance the Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble, Northern Ireland's cutting edge contemporary music ensemble, are joined by fast rising star mezzo-soprano Sarah Richmond.
Moonlight drunkenness, giant black nightmarish moths, grotesque waltzes, a moonfleck that just won't wash off, memories of happier times....each short movement is a masterclass in dramatic and musical mastery, as fresh today as it was at its premiere almost 111 years ago.
Delve into the dark, liminal world of Pierrot lunaire...
I. Mondestrunken
II. Columbine
III. Der Dandy
IV. Eine blasse Wäscherin
V. Valse de Chopin
VI. Madonna
VII. Der kranke Mond
VIII. Nacht (Passacaglia)
IX. Gebet an Pierrot
X. Raub
XI. Rote Messe
XII. Galgenlied
XIII. Enthauptung
XIV. Die Kreuze
XV. Heimweh
XVI. Gemeinheit!
XVII. Parodie
XVIII. Der Mondfleck
XIX. Serenade
XX. Heimfahrt (Barcarole)
XXI. O alter Duft
Sarah Richmond - Mezzo Soprano
Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble:
Aisling Agnew - flute (picc)
Sarah Watts - clarinet (bass cl)
Joanne Quigley McParland - violin/viola
David McCann - violoncello
Daniel Browell - piano
Sinead Hayes - conductor
Videographer - Stuart Calvin
Sound Engineer - Chris Corrigan
Stage & lighting design and direction - Steve Lee
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[@fernanduca12]

Extremely beautiful rendition of a subtle and complex piece. Congratulations!!!!