'Beautiful' Singing in Vienna

Symposium and Workshops

The term bel canto — beautiful singing — commonly describes the admired vocal practices (originating in Italy) that were prevalent in Europe during the period 1700–1900. But how did singing actually sound in this period? And what expressive practices did singers use to transform scores into passionate musical declamation — the fundamental aim of bel canto? The project will bring together an international community of singer practitioners guided by a stellar research team of performers and scholars, who will engage with practice-led methodologies to produce sound exemplars of singing as described in historical written descriptors.

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Programm

9:30–10:15
Clive Brown, Christina Wilson, Claire Burrell-McDonald, Anthony Chmiel, Neal Peres Da Costa: Vocalists and Wobblers

10:15–10:45
Christina Wilson: Belle Époque Vibrato

10:45–11:30
Kai Köpp: Beautiful Vibrato: Traces of Vocal Undulations in the 18th and 19th Centuries

11:30–12:15
Christoph Ulrich Meier: Chiaroscuro and Vocal Registration in Historical Recordings

13:00–14:30
Lunch

14:30–15:15
Laura Granero: Bel Canto pour Hortense – A Practical Experimentation

15:15–16:00
Sebastian Bausch: The Well-Tempered Accompanist – Performance Practice of German
Lieder from the Perspective of the Accompanist Coenraad v. Bos

16:00–16:30
Afternoon Refreshment

16:30–17:15
Sophie Gallagher, Benedikt Holter: Workshop: Haydn “Pastoral Song” annotated by D. Corri

17:15–18:00
Mhairi Lawson, Elizabeth McCormack: The Songs and Style of Auld Lang Syne: The Shock of an Older Style of Singing in the Editions of Domenico Corri (1746–1825)

18:00–18:45
Claire Burrell-McDonald, Anna Fraser, Neal Peres Da Costa: Reimagining the Sound World of 18th Century Singers Using Practice-led and Extrapolative Methods

18:45-19:15
Break

19:15
Mhairi Lawson, Elizabeth McCormack, Neal Peres Da Costa, Benedikt Holter
Concert: Songs of Auld Lang Syne