Performers
Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-Soprano Baptiste Trotignon, Piano

In the “unusually rewarding” (The Guardian) Thousands of Miles, versatile vocalist Kate Lindsey and jazz pianist Baptiste Trotignon perform a multilingual program that “goes far beyond a simple fusion of jazz and classical” (Crescendo). A survey of Weill’s works—both from his European years and after his forceable relocation to the United States—gets a welcome, extra emphasis on its jazz stylings, courtesy of Trotignon’s smart arrangements and improvisations, and Lindsey’s delivery that “has shades of Dietrich herself” (London’s The Times). The concert also features selections by Weill’s fellow émigrés Korngold, Alma Mahler, and Zemlinsky, which have the added benefit of “unleashing Lindsey’s full classical voice, and glorious it is, too” (The Guardian).

Program
WEILL/BRECHT “Nannas Lied”
WEILL “Thousands of Miles” from Lost in the Stars
WEILL “Big Mole” from Lost in the Stars
WEILL/BRECHT “Denn wie man sich bettet, so liegt man” from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
KORNGOLD “Schneeglöckchen” from Sechs Einfache Lieder, Op. 9, No. 1
ZEMLINSKY “Und hat der Tag all seine Qual,” Op. 8, No. 2
WEILL “Buddy on the Nightshift”
WEILL “Berlin im Licht”
WEILL “Don’t Look Now, But My Heart is Showing”
WEILL “September Song” (arr. for piano by Baptiste Trotignon)
A. MAHLER “Die stille Stadt”
A. MAHLER “Hymne”
WEILL/BRECHT “Barbara Song” from The Threepenny Opera
WEILL/BRECHT “Pirate Jenny” from The Threepenny Opera
WEILL “Je ne t’aime pas”
WEILL “Lonely House” from Street Scene
WEILL “We’ll Go Away Together” from Street Scene
WEILL “Trouble Man” from Lost in the Stars
ZEMLINSKY “Selige Stunde,” Op. 10, No. 2