Scenes from Childhood | Linda Barcan & Coady Green

Lyric mezzo-soprano Linda Barcan trained in theatre and singing voice at the University of Newcastle, the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. She has performed in opera, oratorio, chamber music and art song in Australia, Europe and the USA, with companies such as Opéra de Lyon, Sydney Chamber Opera, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Opera Australia. With pianist Coady Green, Linda will perform Mahler’s song cycle with themes of mortality and the persistence of nature, as well as works by Schumann, Rosenthal and Fiddes.

Art work: Detail from: JOY PECK (1931-), MOTHER AND CHILD, GLAZED PANEL, 29 X 18 CM, with kind permission of the owner.

Performing Artists

Linda Barcan | Coady Green

Program

Ross FIDDES (b. 1944)

Thyrie’s Lullaby: Under Southern Skies

As Children Play

Robert SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856)

Kinderszenen (Solo Piano)

Gustav MAHLER (1860 – 1911)

Kindertotenlieder             

Ross EDWARDS. (b. 1943)

“Christina’s Lullaby”, Christina’s World        

Stephen LALOR. (b. 1960)

“Behind Hydrangea”, from Maroubra Song Cycle (1990)

Manuel ROSENTHAL  (1904 – 2003)

Chansons du Monsieur Bleu