La Jolla Music Society
Barbara Hannigan, soprano & Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Prelude Lecture by Michael Gerdes · 6:30 PM
Musical America 2025 Artist of the Year
“The intrepid Canadian soprano has emerged over the last half decade as one of the most vital and original musicians of her generation.”
— The New Yorker
Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, GRAMMY-winning soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. She has given nearly 100 premieres, the majority of which were written specifically for her. She is also a master of some of the most challenging music in the repertory, and showcases her talents in this program, her San Diego debut.
MESSIAEN
Chants de terre et de ciel for Soprano and Piano
SCRIABIN
Poème-Nocturne I, Opus 61
SCRIABIN
Vers la flamme, Opus 72
JOHN ZORN
Jumalattaret for Soprano and Piano