Events

Soprano Siobhan Stagg and pianist Nico de Villiers undertake a national tour of Australia, performing a narrated recital Echoed Voices that features songs by Richard Strauss and Henri Duparc, two of Hageman’s greatest influences, alongside a large number of Hageman songs.

Interspersed between the songs, Nico de Villiers illustrated the various musical and poetic parallels between the composers’ songs. Stagg and De Villiers took Echoed Voices to the Sydney Opera House, UKARIA in the Adelaide Hills, Hobart Town Hall in Tasmania, Canberra’s Albert Hall, Griffiths University in Brisbane, and the Mildura Arts Center. 

Nico de Villiers presents a talk entitled At Home with Richard Hageman at the Athenaeum Club, Liverpool 

Siobhan Stagg — Soprano

Nico de Villiers — Piano

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Although Hageman’s songs have been recorded by various artists over the years, no single album has ever been dedicated to Hageman’s songs. VOICES: Songs of Richard Hageman is the first of its kind. To celebrate this recording, Siobhan Stagg and Nico de Villiers will present a programme of songs in Hageman’s birth town. This production has been made as an initiative by and in conjunction with: the Richard Hageman Society, the International Center for American Music, the Royal Musical Association, SENA, and the Frisian Musical Archive.

Nico de Villiers (Guildhall School of Music and Drama), Kathryn Kalinak (Rhode Island College) and Asing Walthaus (Leeuwarder Courant) are the authors of the first critical biography of Dutch-American composer, conductor, pianist and coach Richard Hageman (1881-1966). At the launch, each author will speak briefly about their roles in the writing of this groundbreaking book and short readings from the book. Musical excerpts will feature Hageman's works for film, orchestra and song.

The launch will be followed by an opportunity for a Q&A.