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Celebrating Irving Berlin/George Gershwin
What a delightful afternoon being entertained by three such talented performers who obviously enjoyed themselves as much as we did!
...such an uplift. Christian and Jane (...stunning range) were outstanding as soloists as well as in duet. That solid rock of an accompanist Derek got a chance to shine with a couple of snazzy jazzy medleys. A warm audience applauded the suggestion that they might return with Berlin Vol 2.
Trio - Vocal & Instrumental
Instrumentation
- Jane Monari - mezzo
- Christian Schneeberger - tenor
- Derek Clark - piano
Repertoire
Irving Berlin:
Alexander's Ragtime Band, Won't You Play a Simple Melody, Always, Blue Skies, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, Easter Parade, Let Yourself Go, Get thee Behind me Satan, I've Got My Love to Keep me Warm, Holiday Inn, I Got the Sun in the Mornin', You Can't Get a Man with a Gun, The Girl That I Marry, You're Just in Love/I Hear Singing and more...
George Gershwin:
I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You , But Not for me, Bidin’ My Time, When You Want ’Em You Can’t Get ’Em, Rialto Ripples, Stairway to Paradise, Somebody Loves Me, Lady Be Good, Fascinating Rhythm, Someone to Watch O'er Me, 'S Wonderful, They Can't Take that Away From Me, Let's Call The Whole Thing Off and more...
Biography
"Celebrating Irving Berlin" tells the story of the composer's 100 years of life in words and song. Many beautifully familiar melodies are sung as solos and duets by mezzo and tenor, along with piano medleys encouraging you to hum along.
"Celebrating George Gerswhin" tells the story of the composer's all too short life of 38 years where nevertheless he composed many timeless classics.
Mezzo soprano Jane Monari hails from Philadelphia and completed a BM in Voice Performance at the Juilliard School, and a MA in Singing at the Royal Academy of Music. She is a graduate of the Alexander Gibson Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
She has performed and covered many operatic roles with Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Park Young Artist Programe 2022, OperaUpClose, The Virtual Opera Project, Opera at the King's Head, and the Juilliard School, and is currently a regular member of Scottish Opera's freelance chorus and also sings across Scotland with a cappella ladies quartet, The All Sorts.
Tenor Christian Schneeberger has appeared throughout the UK as a recitalist, oratory soloist and opera singer. He graduated with BMus (Hons) in Vocal Performance in 2013, completing his Masters of Music in Performance at RCS as a scholarship student.
He is a regular member of the Scottish Opera freelance chorus, and recently he played the Crook and Charles Edward in Scottish Opera’s production of “Candide” which received glowing five star reviews. As well as recitals, he also appears regularly across Scotland with Opera Alba and Scozzesi.
Pianist Derek Clark is an Honours graduate of the RSAMD and the University of Durham. He also studied at the London Opera Centre before joining Welsh National Opera as a repetiteur in 1977. He recently retired as Head of Music at Scottish Opera, after 26 years, where he conducted more than 30 operas for the company.
He has provided re-orchestrations for recent touring productions of Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Die Fledermaus, Carmen, Rodelinda and The Elixir of Love. He works as an accompanist, appearing regularly throughout the country, and is a regular guest coach at the major conservatoires and colleges and at the National Opera Studio. He also composes and arranges music for a wide variety of people and circumstances.