SongStudio 2019: Hartmut Höll Master Class: Mendelssohn’s “Hexenlied”

Acclaimed collaborative pianist Hartmut Höll coaches soprano Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir and pianist Kunal Lahiry on Felix Mendelssohn’s “Hexenlied, Op. 8, No. 8.”
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SongStudio is a program for young vocalists under the leadership of world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming. Designed to renew and refresh the presentation and experience of the vocal recital, SongStudio brings leading musicians and other performing artists together to mentor emerging vocalists and collaborative pianists, exploring innovative approaches to both classic and current song repertoire, and inviting new audiences to engage with the art form. SongStudio builds on the remarkable legacy of supporting young vocalists and the art of the vocal recital that Marilyn Horne sustained over the past two decades through The Song Continues. To learn more about workshops and master classes at Carnegie Hall, visit carnegiehall.org/workshops.

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Love them all! Especially, "Don't be too charming - you are the witch!"

[@OniloRamos]

This video made me love the German accent.

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wow he is a master!

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I am singing this for an audition and this really helped me alot! Thanks!

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We're glad that this master class was helpful.

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Wonderful class!

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He does the right thing here. He doesn't try and fix her technique but gives her interpretative advice instead.

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@Bhigr Bond I’m going to say, plain and simple, it absolutely is not.

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@Bhigr Bond I’m sorry, I do know what I’m talking about. If you listen to older lieder singers like Lotte Lehmann and Elizabeth Schumann, the difference in technique is dramatic. Their voices don’t sound the least bit thin or unsupported.

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@Bhigr Bond Haha, really? Just because my ears are maybe a bit more discerning than yours are?

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@Bhigr Bond Ah, so just because there are many other people who agree with you, you think that you are right... I’m sorry, but ‘international judges’ don’t necessarily know anything about singing themselves. Take Cardiff Singer of the World, for example. One of the judges in 2019 was the tenor José Cura, and but if you listen to literally of his recordings, you realise has absolutely atrocious technique.

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@@xxsaruman82xx87 You're mistaking "better / worse technique" with the simple fact that people have different voices. Her technique is abolutely great. She just ISN'T Elizabeth Schumann or Lotte Lehmann. She's not less good, it's just a different type of soprano voice, it's not comparable. And for what it's worth: I hate how Lehmann sounds. Ffs, she really struggled with high notes.