A YouTube Premiere Event Announcement! Aug. 7th & 8th

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Thomas Mann House in Pacific Palisades is where the Nobel Prize winning novelist wrote his last major novel, Doctor Faustus. At this historic location, I had the great pleasure of recording some music by LA-based composers, both from Mann’s time and our own, back in May. The post production for those recordings are finally ready to be presented on a YouTube Premiere event next weekend.

First, a little preview to whet your appetite.

The Details of the Premiere Event:

  • When: Part I Sat. Aug 7th; Part II Sun Aug 8th, both at 11AM PT/2PM ET
  • Presented by: Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra (www.kco.la/events)
  • Where:
  • Program:
    • Part I, Saturday August 7, 11AM PT/2PM ET:
      • Alma Mahler – 4 Lieder
      • Dale Trumbore – What Only Poetry Can Do (with Makiko and Liv)
      • Arnold Schoenberg – Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, op. 19
      • Hanns Eisler – Hollywooder Liederbuch
    • Part II, Sunday August 8, 11AM PT/2PM ET:
      • Arnold Schoenberg – Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, op. 15
      • Reena Esmail – Rang de Basant (Makiko Hirata, Solo Piano)
      • Ernst Toch – Profiles (Makiko Hirata, Solo Piano)
      • Sarah Gibson – Arson (with Makiko and Liv)
  • Performers:
    • Liv Redpath – soprano
    • Abigail Nims – mezzo soprano
    • John Brancy – baritone
    • David Kaplan – piano
    • Makiko Hirata – piano
    • Victoria Kirsch – piano
  • Admission: Free
    • Please make a donation to Kaleidoscope here.
    • Makiko’s Patreon page is here.
    • Purchase Makiko’s CDs from here.

Some photos from the day of the recording:

There will be a post-concert interview with KUSC Radio host Rich Capparela

5 thoughts on “A YouTube Premiere Event Announcement! Aug. 7th & 8th”

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  3. Charles

    Wish I could’ve been in the audience.

    I don’t know too much about contemporary composers or the vocalists who will be singing, so I am looking forward to an enlightening experience.

    I really like the middle preview still, in which Dr. Hirata’s seemingly in one of those great transcendent states. This generally attests to the quality of the material.

    One of my questions will be: Does this Steinway live at the Mann estate, or was it specially selected for this concert?

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    1. Makiko Hirata

      Thank you so much for your comment, Charles. I will look forward to seeing you in the “audience” this weekend.
      To answer your question, that concert Steinway was brought in especially for the recording, but there IS a piano that used to belong to Thomas Mann himself at the house.
      A little too old to be used for serious music making, but still an awesome historical instrument.
      Walter Bruno, among other people, played on it!
      Makiko

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