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Join us for an exquisite afternoon of music at Hertz Hall on October 13, 2024, at 3:00 pm, featuring the dramatic baritone Lester Lynch and the accomplished pianist Kevin Korth. This recital marks Lynch's debut with Cal Performances, where he will showcase his remarkable vocal range and emotional depth through a carefully selected program of songs exploring love, loss, and mortality. Lester Lynch, known for his regal stage presence and acclaimed performances in some of opera's most iconic roles, will bring his dramatic flair and vocal beauty to Hertz Hall. Accompanied by Kevin Korth, Lynch will perform selections from Schubert's "Schwanengesang," Brahms' "Vier ernste Gesänge," Mussorgsky's "Songs and Dances of Death," and works by American composers Charles Ives and Gordon Getty. Tickets for this captivating recital start at $74, with season subscriptions available now and single tickets going on sale at noon on August 6. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the "greatest singing actor of the production," whose "vocal beauty and emotional honesty" promise a deeply touching and mesmerizing performance.

The last works of Luigi Nono and Franz Schubert, performed back to back, reveal a sense of deep beauty, profound unease, and a sensitivity to the close connection between happiness and sorrow on the threshold of life and death.

In Schubert’s last song cycle, the wanderer and his landscape become one in this journey into the depths of the human soul. Emotions from tenderness to despair come together in a cathartic winter journey.

“They played as a tight group, carefully responding to each other, balancing lines, mirroring attacks. At times, they were as ferociously impressive as a small group of precision fighter pilots going through aerial maneuvers at breakneck speeds.” – LOS ANGELES TIMES