Alex Richardson, tenor, with Thomas Bagwell and Reiko Uchido, piano, bowing at the end of the final "On Wings of song" recital of the season, presented by the Marilyn Horne Foundation today at Saint Bartholemew's Church. The program theme was "Songs from 1900-1910," featuring works by Stanford, Ravel, Beach, and Mahler, sung with freshness, vigor, and plenty of ringing tone. Jackie herself got pretty excited, and showered Richardson and Bagwell with compliments during the post-recital interview. The recital will air on WQXR-FM 96.3 on Sat 20 May 2006, at 9:00pm.
Perhaps I've been under a rock for too long, but I've never seen supertitles in use at a recital. Notice the big white board in the pic over Alex's head and the piano. That's where large white text was projected, in English (even during the English-language songs). I squirmed at first, but after about three seconds I was used to it, and really greatful for it during the Ravel. Is this something the Horne Foundation is pioneering, or are people already installing it all over? I hope they are. It's pretty terrific. And yes, you can look away if you choose, it doesn't distract from the performers. The only drawback in this case was the obstruction of the beautiful frescoes on the chapel wall behind the performers. But that's hardly ever a problem in most concert halls.
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