Reclaiming Calliope: In-Person Book Launch
Reclaiming Calliope: In-Person Book Launch Read More »
“Canadian vocalist Fides Krucker’s blazing theatricality and playful brilliance put her in the same league as the fabulous American singer Cathy Berberian, who premiered this work.”
Curio Box: Fides performs Berio with Turning Point Ensemble Read More »
Photo by Makoto Hirata —– I live by the salt water, and look out every day on a rock where seals sunbathe; my distance vision is impressionistic, the bodies lounging where rock meets wave might as well be mermaids….
The Mermaid: A Conversation with Fides Krucker – Julie Trimingham Read More »
Martha fell off her perch in the Cincinatti Zoo one hundred years ago. I wish I’d known her, known the darkening skies when 2.5 billion of her species, the passenger pigeon, flew in one large airborne colony, their beating wings deafening human ears below. Drawings by Audubon show a pretty bird, refined lines, the female
Permission to Scream Read More »
Eight dancers are moving through the intimate galleries of the Thomson Canadian Collection at the AGO…following the trail of folk songs that Ciara, my singing partner, and I are leaving behind. The acoustic is incredible and sung notes hang in the air forever, spreading and amplifying. I am looking at some very famous paintings as
Julie Sits Waiting – 5 Days Left Read More »
Julie Sits Waiting: Rehearsal Update Read More »
10 Questions for Fides Krucker – barczablog Read More »
An explosion and exploration of the moment –the breath taken– before the first note of an opening night performance is sung. By Juliet Trimingham
“Tonight was our first run through of Berio’s Folk Songs with our guest vocalist Fides Krucker. Listening to her distinctive and beautiful interpretation, and the musicians playing so intimately together really reminded me of why we founded Turning Point Ensemble. Berio’s Folk Songs is a true masterwork of the 20th century, music that is easily
Berio’s Folksongs – the reason there is a Turning Point Ensemble Read More »