05.08 | Rest , Opus 28 | McAndrew

Canadian composer Ian McAndrew has completed Rest, a song for mezzosoprano and string quartet, a setting of the poem by Christina Rossetti. Rest was written for Miss Lorcini, and will soon be recorded.

03.08 | Alto Rhapsody, Opus 53 | Brahms | One World Symphony

Ms. Lorcini makes her One World Symphony debut as soloist for the March 7th and 9th performances of Brahms' Alto Rhapsody.

This transcendent work for contralto, male chorus and orchestra is a setting of verses from Goethe’s Harzreise im Winter. The Rhapsody is a journey from anguish and alienation to a moving plea for redemption, a journey that is dark, intense, urgent and deeply spiritual, by turn.

"Marie and I were sitting in the dining-room when the bell rang, and we heard Brahms go to our mother's room. Soon afterwards, deeply stirring and solemn music reached our ears. We listened. Brahms went away, and our mother came to us in a state of great emotion. Brahms had played her his Rhapsody for an alto voice (op. 53) for the first time."

Eugenie Schumann, daughter of Clara Schumann (from her memoirs)

05.10 | Mother of Kings | McAndrew | Amphion Opera

Nina will have the honour of creating the role of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the title role of Canadian composer Ian McAndrew's Mother of Kings, a role written specifically for her, in the work's world premiere.