Aleksandra Kurzak sings Chopin – streaming from La Scala

On Sunday 11 April at 8pm CET the Polish soprano, Aleksandra Kurzak, accompanied by piano and viola, sings her compatriot’s vocal compositions together with Chopin’s mazurkas transcribed by Pauline Viardot. Lieder by Schumann, Brahms and Tchaikovsky complete the programme.

The recital will be streamed on La Scala’s Facebook and YouTube channels and will be available during the coming week.

Soprano
ALEKSANDRA KURZAK

Piano
MAREK RUSZCZYNSKI

Viola
TOMASZ WABNIC

Fryderyk Chopin
from Seventeen Polish Songs op 74

n 1 Życzenie
n 8 Śliczny Chłopiec
n 9 Melodya
n 16 Piosnka Litewska

Robert Schumann
Frauenliebe und -leben

Johannes Brahms
Zwei Gesänge op 91
for voice, viola and piano
Gestillte Sehnsucht
Geistliches Wiegenlied

Fryderyk Chopin / Pauline Viardot

*Separation – Mazurka No 14 op 24 No 1
*La Beauté – Mazurka No 44 op 67 No 1
*Aime moi – Mazurka No 23 op 33 No 2
*Coquette – Mazurka No 5 op 7 No 1

* arrangement for voice, viola and piano