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Reviving Song Spirited Works by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Héléne Montgeroult & Louis Spohr Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano Diane Heffner, period clarinet Vivian Montgomery, fortepiano A Women and Music Project Production from the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University Sechs deutsche Lieder für eine Singstimme, Klarinette, und Klavier, op. 103 (Six German Songs for Voice, Clarinet, and Piano) Louis (Ludwig) Spohr 1784-1859 1. Sei still, mein Herz 5:48 2. Zwiegesang 2:17 3. Sehnsucht 3:49 4. Wiegenlied 3:23 5. Das heimliche Lied 4:58 6. Wach auf! 2:52 Sonata III in F minor, Opus 1 Heléne Nervo de Montgeroult 7. I Maestoso con espressione 8:34 1764-1836 8. II Allegro agitato 8:54 Lieder Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel 9. Suleika 2:56 1805-1847 10. Verlust 1:26 11. Die Mainacht 3:45 12. Dein ist mein Herz 2:43 13. Wandrers Nachtlied 2:59 14. Zauberkreis 2:56 Total duration 58:28 Recorded at Brandeis University's Slosberg Recital Hall, January 2010. Performed on the Brandeis Joseph Worel fortepiano, Vienna (1835), restored by Keith Hill and a copy of a clarinet by H.Grenser, Dresden (1810), made by Daniel Bangham. Engineered and edited by Frank Cunningham. Fortepiano tuning and maintenance by Tim Hamilton. Funded by the WSRC Women and Music Project. Special thanks to Dr. Liane Curtis, Dr. Shula Reinharz, and the Brandeis University Department of Music, with particular gratitude for the spirit of Mary Ruth Ray. Cover art by Lil McGill. In memory of Ruth Shimony Montgomery. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano, has enjoyed a distinguished career as an acclaimed soloist and recitalist. She has appeared in Symphony Hall, the Kennedy Center, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Royal Albert Hall, and premiered a Harbison chamber work in New York, San Francisco, Boston and London. Ms. Dellal has received critical acclaim for performances of Brahms' Alto Rhapsody, Handel's Messiah, Mozart's C-minor Mass, and Bach's B-minor Mass, St. Matthew and St. John Passions. Operatic appearances include leading roles in the operas Alcina, Albert Herring, Dido and Aeneas, La Clemenza di Tito, Così Fan Tutte, Vanessa, The Rape of Lucretia, and Winter's Tale. She has been featured by the Handel and Haydn Society, Aston Magna, The Boston Early Music Festival, Tokyo Oratorio Society, Opera Company of Boston, the National Chamber Orchestra, Boston Baroque, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, and the Dallas Bach Society, appearing in concert in major cities in Europe, the United States, Australia and Japan. Known for her work with Renaissance and Baroque chamber music, Ms. Dellal has appeared multiple times with the Boston Early Music Festival, Ensemble Chaconne and the Musicians of the Old Post Road, and is a current member of the Blue Heron Renaissance Choir. With Sequentia Ms. Dellal has made numerous recordings of the music of Hildegard von Bingen. A passionate advocate for contemporary music, she has been a regular guest with the Boston ensembles Dinosaur Annex and Boston Musica Viva, premiering works by Boykan, Brody, Lomon, Wheeler, and others. She has been a regular soloist in the renowned Bach Cantata series presented by Emmanuel Music since 1984, having performed almost all 200 of Bach's sacred cantatas. She has over twenty-five recordings to her credit, on the Artona, BMG, CRI, Dorian, Meridian, and KOCH labels among others. As a period clarinet specialist, Diane Heffner performs regularly with Boston Baroque, Handel & Haydn Society, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (San Francisco), Arcadia Players, and has appeared with Opera Lafayette (DC), The American Classical Orchestra (New York), Rebel Baroque Orchestra (New York), Musicians of the Old Post Road, Chicago Opera Theatre, the Classical Arts Orchestra (Chicago), the Dayton Bach Society, Portland Baroque Orchestra (Oregon), the Connecticut Early Music Festival, the Boston Early Music Festival, and the American Bach Soloists (California). Diane has been touring occasionally with Musica A
