Sacred & Profane: Duo Au Courant Performs Song Cycles of Daron Hagen
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Three song cycles by the esteemed composer Daron Hagen.

Daron Hagen is an award-winning composer, librettist, stage director, conductor, collaborative pianist, and essayist. He is the recipient of the 2015 American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Academy Award for “the artist who has achieved his singular voice.” His music is performed worldwide by the most prestigious orchestras, ensembles, and soloists. This recording features three of his song cycles performed by mezzo-soprano Stephanie Weiss and pianist Christina Wright-Ivanova. Ms. Weiss, a regular guest at Deutsche Opera Berlin has performed roles ranging from Komponist (Ariadne auf Naxos) to Suzuki (Madama Butterfly). Currently on the faculty at Arizona State University, Ms. Weiss studied at the New England Conservatory, Tufts University, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Mannes College of Music, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Ms. Wright-Ivanova is on the faculty at Keene State College and has performed throughout the US, Australia, the UK, Europe, Canada, China, and South America. She is a vocal coach at UMass Amherst and serves on the faculty at New England Conservatory's Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice.
Contents:
Daron Hagen, composer
Vegetable Verselets
Stephanie Weiss (mezzo-soprano); Christina Wright-Ivanova (piano)

Daron Hagen, composer
jaik's songs
Stephanie Weiss (mezzo-soprano); Christina Wright-Ivanova (piano)

Daron Hagen, composer
A Handful of Days
Stephanie Weiss (mezzo-soprano); Christina Wright-Ivanova (piano)

Review:
"…You will find yourself touched, moved, excited, and amused as you go through the collection of songs here. They range from the tender to the sensual to the witty and the dramatic. They are all sung attractively and with conviction by Weiss, who is very sensitively accompanied by Christina Wright-Ivanova. That both are on the faculty of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas says a good deal about the quality of music education there. Recorded sound is well balanced between voice and piano, and the notes by Hagen himself are very helpful." (Fanfare)
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