In Schubert’s “An den Mond” (“To the Moon”), he made the music glide like the river in Goethe’s poem, and for “An Schwager Kronos” (“To Coachman Kronos”) he emphasized the sense of journey that ends in the arms of Orcus, god of the underworld.
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Julius Bar, one of the oldest and most iconic gay bars not only in New York City but the world, is at risk of shutting down. “Um Mittternacht” was beautifully restrained and “Verborgenheit” nobly shaped, while “Nimmersatte Liebe” nailed the poet’s wordly-wise shrug with wry gentle wit.”“Mr. A chorus of luminaries has excreted an open letter in Harper’s Magazine arguing against a “new set of moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and…
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[…] Drake is outstanding throughout.”“Here the musicianship of Julius Drake was significant. Julius Bar, one of the oldest and most iconic gay bars not only in New York City but the world, “Today indoor dining was postponed in NYC,” part of their “Julius’ Bar is an institution that must be saved for future generations,” she began. He was with Bostridge every step of the journey, supporting one moment, edging him forward in another. Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture.
The way he created a lofty, epic mood in the song Talismans, then held back to allow Bostridge to soar over the top — with no loss of grandeur — was the most eloquent moment of the evening.”“Julius Drake is responsible for much with pianism that is subtle and perfectly matched to [Gerald] Finley’s conception, and the sound is warm and as dark as the music.”“The [Hollywood] Songbook’s stylistic and textual complexity make it daunting for interpreters. “It’s history is very rich, starting as a grocery store, a speakeasy and then a gay bar. Subscribe Published monthly since 1991, our famous AV industry magazine is free for download or pay for print. Since 2009 he has been Artistic Director of the Machynlleth Festival in Wales.His passionate interest in song has led to invitations to devise song series for Wigmore Hall, London, the BBC, The Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and Boulez Saal, Berlin. The Awards were announced during an online ceremony on Monday, 11 May.Hrůša won both the Concerto Award for Dvořák: Piano...Paradise Lost, the new album from Julius Drake and soprano Anna Prohaska is available 10 April, 2020 on Alpha Classics. Recital with Gerald Finley, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, April 2018 Greedy of me, I know, but with playing as sublime as this, I’d have liked two more final inspirations for piano solo too…”Gerald Finley and Julius Drake, Middle Temple Hall, 2nd October 2018 Credit: Julius Bar. “The bills are piling up, rent, utilities, insurance, etc and there is … The two artists worked as one to wring every increment of expression and meaning out of a substantial programme of Lieder.”“Drake’s pianism cast its share of enchanting spells, as in the brightness of Morgens steh’ ich auf und frage and the chromantic sweeps swirling like smoke from a breeze-blown candle throughout Mit Myrten und Rosen.”“Julius Drake always manages to make it appear that the singer he is accompanying is the only one on his books, and theirs the only possible interpretation…”“…Pianist Julius Drake shirked nothing of virtuosic breadth, and […] tore into the boisterous Genialisch Treiben with gusto. His annual series of song recitals in the historic Middle Temple Hall in London, has featured recitals with many outstanding vocal artists including Sir Thomas Allen, Olaf Bär, Ian Bostridge, Gerald Finley, Sergei Leiferkus, Dame Felicity Lott, Mark Padmore, Sir Simon Keenlyside and Sir Willard White.Julius Drake’s many recordings include a widely acclaimed series with Gerald Finley for Hyperion, from which the Barber Songs, Schumann Heine Lieder and Britten Songs and Proverbs won the 2007, 2009 and 2011 Gramophone Awards; six award winning recordings with Ian Bostridge for EMI; several recitals for the Wigmore Live label, with among others Alice Coote, Joyce DiDonato, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Christopher Maltman and Matthew Polenzani; recordings of French oboe and piano Sonatas for Virgin Classics with Nicholas Daniel; of Kodaly and Schoeck ’cello and piano sonatas with the ’cellists Natalie Clein and Christian Poltera for the Hyperion and Bis labels; Tchaikovsky and Mahler songs with Christianne Stotijn for Onyx; English song with Bejun Mehta for Harmonia Mundi; and Schubert’s ‘Poetisches Tagebuch’ with Christoph Prégardien, which won the Jahrpreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2016.Julius Drake’s most recent recordings include a critically acclaimed performance with Nicky Spence of Janacek’s Diary of One who Disappeared (Hyperion), Liszt Complete Songs – vol 6 (Hyperion) with Julia Kleiter and ‘Paradise Lost’ (Alpha) with Anna Prohaska.Julius Drake holds a Professorship at Graz University for Music and the Performing Arts in Austria, where he has a class for song pianists and also teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London.
[…] With mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager, Drake now steers us into territory that is altogether more reflective, while some of Liszt’s most familiar songs, such as Es Muss ein Wunderbares Sein, are included in the programme. For my money, this inspired accompanist is now the best in the business.”“The songs were accompanied by Julius Drake – whose piano playing throughout was, as usual, inspired and sensitive”“Feinsinnig, vielseitig und einfühlsam begleitet wurde Coote an diesem Abend von einem als idealer Partner bekannten Pianisten, Julius Drake.”“Delightful, versatile and sensitive, Coote was accompanied on this evening by a pianist known to be an ideal partner, Julius Drake.”“Doch speziell im ersten, im Schubertteil des Liederabends ertappte man sich dabei, wie die Aufmerksamkeit immer wieder von der vokalen Führungskraft zum “Vasallen” abwanderte.
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