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Jenny Carlstedt: From the Bliss of Song and Lyre

Thu 6 March, 12:30pm 
Venue: Elder Hall
Duration: 1hr, no interval

Performers: 
Jenny Carlstedt
, mezzo-soprano  
Michael Ierace, piano

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Contents

Program
Biographies

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Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Text: Pierre Louÿs (1870–1925)   

 

Trois Chansons de Bilitis 

  1. La flute de Pan
  2. La chevelure  
  3. Le tombeau des naïades 

10' 

Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
Text: Bo Bergman (1869–1967) 

Pan, from Five Ballads, No. 3  

2’30 

Rangström
Text: Bo Bergman 

Melodie 

1’30 

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Text: William Shakespeare (1564–1616) 

Orfeus with his lute 

3’ 

Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016)
Text: Rainer Maria Rilke1875–1926) 

5 Sonette an Orfeus 

  1. Da stieg ein Baum  
  2. Und fast ein Mädchen wars  
  3. Ein Gott vermags  
  4. O ihr Zärtlichen  
  5. Errichtet keinen Denkstein 

14’ 

Henry Purcell (b. circa1659–1695)
arranged Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Text: Henry Heveningham (1651–1700) 

If music be the food of Love  

4’ 

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Text: Ranieri de' Calzabigi (1714–1795) 

Che faro senza Euridice? 

5’30 

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Text: Arthur Hjalmar Borgström (1859–1927) 

Hymn to Thaïs 

2’ 

Gunnar de Frumerie (1908–1987)
Text: Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974) 

Du är min Afrodite 

1’30 

Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924) 
Text: Larin Kyösti (1873–1948) 

Ma elän! 

1’30 

 

     

 

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Biographies

About Jenny Carlstedt

Finland-Swedish mezzo-soprano Jenny Carlstedt was born in the Åland Islands. She studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. From 2002-2016, Jenny was an ensemble member with Oper Frankfurt where she developed a broad repertoire and had the privilege to work with the leading conductors and directors of European music life. She debuted with great success in many Mozart roles, but also sang  bigger lyric Strauss parts such as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier. Recently she has debuted in more dramatic repertoire, including Brangäne in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with the Helsinki City Orchestra under Susanna Mälkki, and in the spring of 2024 she sang the second Norna in Wagner's Götterdämmerung at the National Opera in Helsinki.

In 2015 Jenny made her acclaimed US debut as Mélisande in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with the Esa-Pekka Salonen as conductor. Jenny has also performed as a guest throughout Europe, including Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Theater an der Wien, Basel Opera, Staatsoper Hamburg, Royal Opera in Copenhagen, as well as the festivals in Nyslott, Vienna Berliner Festwochen, and Heidelberger Frühling. Jenny has also been in demand as a concert singer and has sung repertoire ranging from JS Bach's Matthäus Passion with the Bach Collegium Stuttgart, a program of songs by Luciano Berio with the Ensemble Modern in the Amsterdam Musikgebouw, and Verdi's Requiem with the Köln Philharmonie.

In the Summer of 2023, Jenny made her critically acclaimed debut at the Proms Festival in London with Mahler's Third Symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo.

Since the Summer 2016, Jenny has started a new chapter in her life as a freelance singer making her residence back in her homeland Finland, but still with one foot in European music life. She is a regular guest soloist with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and at the National Opera in Helsinki and in recent years has also performed as a guest at the Hamburg Staatsoper and Oper Frankfurt. In the spring and autumn of 2023 she debuted both at the the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London and at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam.

Jenny also has a special love for contemporary music. Her repertoire includes works by Thomas Adés, Peter Eötvös, and she has performed world premieres by Kuusisto, Sallinen and Saariaho, amongst others. In 2022/23, Carlstedt sang the lead role as The Waitress in Kaija Saariaho's acclaimed masterpiece opera Innocence at the National Opera, a role that has taken her around the world.

 

About Michael Ierace  

Cited as having ‘an exceptional gift’ and his playing described as ‘revelatory’, Adelaide born Michael Ierace had much success in local and national competitions before receiving the prestigious Elder Overseas Scholarship, enabling him study at London’s Royal College of Music.  He was selected as an RCM Rising Star was later on staff as a Junior Fellow in Piano Accompaniment.

He won several competitions in the UK and performed extensively throughout the country.

Much sought after as an associate artist for national and international guests, he also teaches at the Elder Conservatorium and is the regular pianist for State Opera and the Adelaide Festival Productions.

  

 

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