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AUF DEN AIRWAVES ZU SINGEN

SongFest 2020 Online: Auf den Airwaves zu singen was a series of virtual events celebrating the incredible array of talent that SongFest brings together every summer. SongFest 2020 online was made up of a daily series of lectures, conversations, and interviews by the many scholars, performers, composers, and teachers who would have gathered in-person that summer. Thanks to the support from its wonderful faculty and staff, for the first time, SongFest was able to be experienced by anyone, at any time, in the comfort of their own home!

Auf den Airwaves zu singen debuted on May 26, 2020 with a Lecture by Graham Johnson delivered from his home in London on his renowned Songmaker’s Almanac programs. Sessions were released daily and remained available until August 25, 2020. (During this period, viewers could watch any session at any time after its scheduled release date.)

Co-curated and video-edited by Javier Arrebola.

SONGS OF UNITY & HOPE

Songs of Unity & Hope was a celebration of the human spirit expressed through the artistry of over 200 musicians and poets. This global ‘SongFest’ celebrated SongFest’s 25th anniversary with poetry, discussion, and song from around the world. First launched on Schubert’s birthday (January 31, 2021) and in celebration of 25 years of SongFest, this was SongFest’s gift to all of the students, alumni, faculty members, audience members, and song-lovers who have been part of its family for so long. The project’s message was one of unity and hope, born of a desire to illuminate what keeps us inspired through troubled times.

SongFest’s 15-hour-long journey invites the viewer to travel around the globe through the music and poetry of over 60 countries and in 40 different languages, with contributions by Graham Johnson, James Conlon, Renée Fleming, Hartmut Höll, Jake Heggie, François Le Roux, John Musto, William Bolcom, Frederica von Stade, John Harbison, Tom Cipullo, and Libby Larsen, among many others.

Conceived, curated and video-edited by Javier Arrebola.

21

SongFest’s “21” was a three-part series releasing October 21st, 2021 focusing on art song from the Western classical tradition in 1821, 1921, and 2021. Lectures by Graham Johnson and contributions by James Conlon, Jake Heggie, J’Nai Bridges, Alan Louis Smith, John Musto, Jamie Barton and many others. Conceived, co-curated and video-edited by Javier Arrebola.

SCHUBERT IN LIFE & SONGS

Released on January 31, 2023 marking the birthday of Franz Schubert. A seminal series of four lectures on Schubert songs by their foremost exponent, the pianist, scholar and author Graham Johnson, illustrated and video edited by Javier Arrebola.

Recorded at Wigmore Hall between 2021 and 2022, Mr. Johnson’s lectures span over seven hours, weaving together live demonstrations, musical performances, paintings, drawings and historical documents. Together the four lectures represent the most substantial and significant film ever devoted to the exploration of the 600 songs of Schubert, the composer’s largest body of work.

THE SORCERER’S ACCOMPANIST-APPRENTICE
with Graham Johnson

Graham Johnson pays a personal tribute to Benjamin Britten on what would have been his 110th birthday, offering a fascinating overview of the composer's life and work. The Sorcerer's Apprentice-Accompanist is 100 minutes of erudite reaction to Britten's magnificent body of work.

Video edited and illustrated by Javier Arrebola.

Published by Wigmore Hall on November 22, 2023.