The start of the 2016 season for Chris Cartner’s Resonance brought to the forefront the lyric soprano Anita Kyle in a program designed to be part of the Valentine’s Day weekend with songs associated with love themes.
In songs and arias by Dvorak, Puccini, Saint-Saens and Schubert, Anita Kyle displayed a voice comfortable with drama, gentleness and nuance and she had a ball in three Spanish songs by the early 20th century composer Fernando Obradors. This was music where you could almost hear the castanets and flamenco guitar.
Cartner is a gem as the associate artist to singers but he is also a musician prepared to perform well known classics and to bring to such repertoire individuality and insight. His playing of Rachmaninoff’s Melodie op3/3 and Liszt’s Liebestraum no.3 were a delight but it was his capacity to highlight the agitato and tranquillo sections in Chopin’s Nocturne op27/2 and to treat them with equal weight that stood out in this concert.
Chris Cartner’s mission to bring chamber music to different parts of Sydney is a most worthwhile endeavour. He showcases top Sydney talent in intimate surroundings. The concerts are pleasantly a little informal and the big audience at the Lavender Bay performance were enthralled.
Musicians
Anita Kyle – soprano
Chris Cartner – piano
Review for:
Resonance “Songs about Love” on Friday 12 February 2016 at Christ Church Lavender Bay
Hear the program repeat performance on Sunday afternoon in Annandale. Tickets available online or at the door.
