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Awakenings
Various composers

Laurence Kilsby & Ella O’Neill

Awakenings

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Format: CD
Label: CAvi
UPC: 0028948660254
Catnr: AVI 4866025
Release date: 07 June 2024
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CAvi
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0028948660254
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AVI 4866025
Release date
07 June 2024
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About the album

AWAKENINGS

“It is with immense pleasure and pride that I introduce this album in collaboration with my great friend and musical partner, Ella O’Neill. Since our respective studies at the Royal College of Music in London, we have been extremely fortunate to have enjoyed successes at the Das Lied Competition at the Heidelberger Frühling Festspiele and the Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition.

We have been planning this programme for a number of years, and it was a privilege to record these songs at the Hans Rosbaud Studio in Baden-Baden. There is an idea that the darkest, most lustful and impulsive versions of ourselves stem from our innocence having been corrupted. This idea forms the basis of this programme through its sub-themes of inexperience, naivety and corruption: sources of fascination to me and the composers whose works feature. We were interested in piecing together a journey from childhood through to adulthood and exploring these romantic, sexual and emotional awakenings.

The programme begins from the perspective of youth and all its bright-eyed optimism. From the impressionable, enamoured boy (depicted in Der Knabe und das Immlein and La coccinelle) to the reckless abandon of a girl seduced (vividly explored in Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte and The Seal Man). These complexities of growing up and the realisation of what it means to love and, conversely, to lust, drive this journey towards its darker themes……...

What I enjoy most about many of these songs are the various perspectives from the different characters portrayed, which are immense fun to interpret and dissect. The pianist plays a role of equal importance in colouring these texts, and in exploring this musical dialogue between voice and piano, the dramatic tension is revealed. (Laurence Kilsby)
AWAKENINGS

“Mit Freude und Stolz stelle ich dieses Album in Zusammenarbeit mit meiner großartigen Freundin und musikalischen Partnerin Ella O’Neill vor. Seit unseren jeweiligen Studien am Royal College of Music in London hatten wir das große Glück, beim Wettbewerb Das Lied (Heidelberger Frühling) und beim Internationalen Gesangswettbewerb Wigmore Hall/Bollinger wichtige Erfolge zu erzielen. Am vorliegenden Programm feilen wir seit einigen Jahren. Nun war es ein Privileg, diese Lieder im Hans-Rosbaud-Studio in Baden-Baden aufnehmen zu dürfen…….

Es gibt die Vorstellung, dass die dunkelsten, lustvollsten, impulsivsten Versionen von uns selbst auf den Verlust unserer Unschuld zurückzuführen wären. Dieser Gedanke bildet die Grundlage unseres Programms mit seinen Unterthemen Unerfahrenheit, Naivität und Verderbnis, allesamt Quellen der Faszination für mich und die Komponisten, deren Werke hier vorgestellt werden. Wir wollten eine Reise von der Kindheit bis zum Erwachsensein zusammenzustellen, um dabei ein solches romantische, sexuelle und emotionale Erwachen zu erforschen.

Das Programm beginnt aus der Perspektive der Jugend mit all ihrem fröhlichen Optimismus – vom leicht beeinflussbaren, schnell verliebten Jungen, den wir in Der Knabe und das Immlein und in La coccinelle treffen, bis hin zur unbekümmerten Hingabe eines Mädchens, das verführt wird (eine solche Verführung wird in Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte und The Seal Man konkret beschildert). Diese Komplexität des Erwachsenwerdens und die Erkenntnis, was es bedeutet, zu lieben und umgekehrt, zu begehren, treiben unsere Reise auf ihre dunkelsten Themen hin.……...

An den Liedern in diesem Programm gefallen mir vor allem die verschiedenen Perspektiven der dargestellten Charaktere. Es mach ungemein viel Spaß, sie unter die Lupe zu nehmen und zu interpretieren. Bei der Färbung dieser Texte hat der Pianist eine ebenso wichtige Rolle zu spielen wie die Sängerin; der musikalische Dialog zwischen Stimme und Klavier offenbart eine ungeahnte Dimension dramatischer Spannung……. (Laurence Kilsby)

Artist(s)

Laurence Kilsby (tenor)

Described in The Times as ayoungsingerto watch Laurence Kilsby won first prize in three internationalcompetitions; the DasLied Competition at the Heidelberger Frühling Festspiele, the Wigmore Hall/BollingerInternational Song Competition and the Cesti Competition atthe Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik.He studied at the Royal College of Music, the Curtis Instituteof Music and was a member of the Académiede l’Opéra National deParis. In demand on both the concert hall and operatic stage, Laurence has performed inall the major venues in Europe. His regular collaborations withRaphaël Pichon and EnsemblePygmalion have seen him debut at the Paris Philharmonie, Opéra Comique, Wiener Konzerthaus and Palau de la Música.With the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, he made debuts at the Salzburger Festspiele, Berlin Philharmonie and the BBC Proms. Inthe U.S....
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Described in The Times as ayoungsingerto watch Laurence Kilsby won first prize in three internationalcompetitions; the DasLied Competition at the Heidelberger Frühling Festspiele, the Wigmore Hall/BollingerInternational Song Competition and the Cesti Competition atthe Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik.He studied at the Royal College of Music, the Curtis Instituteof Music and was a member of the Académiede l’Opéra National deParis. In demand on both the concert hall and operatic stage, Laurence has performed inall the major venues in Europe.
His regular collaborations withRaphaël Pichon and EnsemblePygmalion have seen him debut at the Paris Philharmonie, Opéra Comique, Wiener Konzerthaus and Palau de la Música.With the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, he made debuts at the Salzburger Festspiele, Berlin Philharmonie and the BBC Proms. Inthe U.S. and Canada, he has given concerts and recitals at CarnegieHall, the Ravinia Festival and Maison Symphonique, Montréal.
Born in 1998, Laurence beganhis singing career as arenowned boy treble with the Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum andwas the BBC Radio 2 Young Choristerof the Year. He has appearedon various acclaimed recordings,and Awakenings, withhis regular collaborator, Ella O’Neill, is his debut recital album.

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Ella O’Neill (piano)

Ella O’Neill was the winner of the Help Musicians UK Accompanist’s Prize in the 2019 Kathleen Ferrier Awards at Wigmore Hall. Recital venues have included the Zankel and Weill Recital Halls at Carnegie Hall as a SongStudio artist, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Cadogan Hall, the Royal Opera House Crush Room, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Heidelberger Frühling Lied Festival, Oxford International Song Festival, Leeds Lieder Festival and Brighton Festival. It was in the Brighton Festival that Ella first collaborated with Roderick Williams, with whom she reunited in summer 2022 to perform Schubert’s Winterreise in the Opera in Song series at Opera Holland Park. Ella has also performed live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune numerous times with artists including Roderick Williams, Mark Padmore and Laurence Kilsby. Ella is a...
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Ella O’Neill was the winner of the Help Musicians UK Accompanist’s Prize in the 2019 Kathleen Ferrier Awards at Wigmore Hall. Recital venues have included the Zankel and Weill Recital Halls at Carnegie Hall as a SongStudio artist, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Cadogan Hall, the Royal Opera House Crush Room, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Heidelberger Frühling Lied Festival, Oxford International Song Festival, Leeds Lieder Festival and Brighton Festival.
It was in the Brighton Festival that Ella first collaborated with Roderick Williams, with whom she reunited in summer 2022 to perform Schubert’s Winterreise in the Opera in Song series at Opera Holland Park. Ella has also performed live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune numerous times with artists including Roderick Williams, Mark Padmore and Laurence Kilsby.
Ella is a Samling artist and works regularly as a staff pianist with Samling Institute for Young Artists, as well as Oxenfoord International Summer School and her alma mater the Royal College of Music, where she was the Lord and Lady Lurgan Collaborative Piano Fellow 2022-24. As a répétiteur, Ella has worked on productions at Grange Park Opera, English Touring Opera and the Tête à Tête Festival.
She also enjoys a long-standing professional relationship with voice teacher Rosa Mannion, which has enabled Ella to develop a thorough understanding of vocal technique and how best to support singers as a vocal coach. During her studies at the RCM, Ella studied predominantly with Simon Lepper, alongside Kathron Sturrock and Roger Vignoles.

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Composer(s)

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01.
Unbewegte laue Luft L: Georg Friedrich Daumer From: 8 Lieder and songs Op. 57 (1871)
04:02
(Johannes Brahms) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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La Coccinelle L: Victor Hugo (1868)
02:16
(CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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No. 2 Der Knabe und das Immlein L: Eduard Mörike (1888) from: Mörike-Lieder
03:13
(HUGO WOLF ) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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Brettl-Lieder, (Cabaret Songs) Eight Songs: No. 5 Mahnung L: Gustav Hochstetter (1901)
03:35
(ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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Brettl-Lieder, (Cabaret Songs) Eight Songs: No. 7 Galathea L. Frank Wedekind (1901)
03:24
(ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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No. 1 Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklungs möte L: Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1893) From: 2 Songs from 'Idyll and epigram', Op. 4
05:27
(Wilhelm Stenhammer) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
07.
The Seal Man L. John Masefield (1922)
05:48
(REBECCA CLARKE) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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9. Nimmersatte Liebe L. Eduard Mörike (1888) From: Mörike-Lieder
02:19
(HUGO WOLF ) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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No. 3 Trust me L. Boris Bashkirov From: Five Poems, Op. 23 (1915)
02:44
(Sergei Prokofiev) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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No. 9 Horizon L. Robert Graves From: Wild Cyclamen, Op. 49 (2005/2006)
02:59
(HUGH WOOD) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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Snake (Eve-Song) L. Philipp Littell (1996)
03:19
(JAKE HEGGIE) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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Complainte de la Seine L. Maurice Magre (1934)
04:47
(KURT Weil) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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No. 2 Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm, From: 4 Songs Op. 2 (1899) L. Richard Dehmel (1863-1920)
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(ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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No. 4 Fish in the unruffled lakes, From: Six Auden Settings L. W H Auden (1938/rev. 1942/43)
02:34
(BENJAMIN BRITTEN) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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My beloved is mine L. Francis Quarles From: Canticle I, Op. 40 (1947)
08:48
(BENJAMIN BRITTEN) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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Tiger, Tiger L. William Blake (1933)
04:21
(REBECCA CLARKE) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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No. 2 Animal Passion L. Gini Savage From: Natural Selection (1997)
03:44
(JAKE HEGGIE) Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill
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