“Lucy Schaufer
sang magnificently, capturing both
the tone and the phonetic contour of
the Russian.”
(musicweb-international.com)
“The second event, based around
Stravinsky's Russian folk and nonsense
songs, was a total delight. Naïvety
was the keynote here, with the singer
Lucy Schaufer playing the role of
the fond but strict mother singing
the songs while brushing the knotted
hair of her little ones.”
(The Telegraph)
“Mezzo Lucy Schaufer was joined
by Christopher Glynn, Tom Hankey
and a cast of non-singing children
for a fun, well-conceived recital
of songs and instrumental music from
Stravinsky's immediately pre- and
post- Rite periods. The Russian texts
and musical idiom were handled with
skill by singer and pianist. The
brio of the music belies its knotty
intricacy, and the performers did
well to imbue the presentation with
a consistent sense of levity. The
musical programme and performance
put together to draw out that youthful
theme made for a very pleasurable
and coherent experience.”
(musicalcriticism.com)
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