{"id":215,"date":"2011-12-04T07:39:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T12:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=215"},"modified":"2011-12-04T07:39:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T12:39:23","slug":"barihunk-daniel-okulitch-makes-toronto-debut-with-accessible-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2011\/12\/04\/barihunk-daniel-okulitch-makes-toronto-debut-with-accessible-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Barihunk Daniel Okulitch makes Toronto d\u00e9but with accessible new music"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s too bad that there are so many good concerts today, because the one that’s all new music will likely get the smallest audience.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch, one of the world’s “barihunks,” made a name for himself in the premiere productions of Howard Shore’s The Fly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He makes his Toronto d\u00e9but and launches a new vocal recital series curated by Roy Thomson Hall at the Glenn Gould Studio today at 2 p.m. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The program comes from his The New American Art Song<\/a><\/em> album (recorded 10 years ago), which inludes cycles by contemporary composers: Songs from the Underground<\/em>, by Glen Roven; Quiet Lives<\/em>, by Ricky Ian Gordon; Of Gods and Cats<\/em>, by Jake Heggie; and Night Songs<\/em>, by Lowell Liebermann.<\/p>\n

Both composers come from a tonal aesthetic, which makes their music much easier to approach.<\/p>\n

Here’s a Okulitch in a section from Mark Adamo’s operatic Little Women<\/em>, followed by a sample of Liebermann’s work, a Trio<\/em>, performed by pianist Erh Jen Lee, violinist\u00a0Solomia Gorokhivska and Genevieve Norton on cello:<\/p>\n