Tarot Songs
Saturday, July 12th 19:00
Palazzo Corsini al Prato
Clara Barbier Serrano and Joanna Kacperek
In this recital, the songs are paired with cards from the Tarot de Marseille and performed in random order. We start the concert with Schumann's "Die Kartenlegerin", during which we draw the first cards. We then ask audience members to pick the next ones: that way, the order of the concert is decided in the moment, which creates a unique and collective experience of the concert.
Songs are paired with cards on the ground of common themes, characters, particular energies. Some pairing are obvious, such as 'The Moon" and Schubert's 'An den Mond', others more mysterious such as "Strength" Ingeborg von Bronsart’s “Die Lorelei”. The audience is left free to imagine the link between card and song.
Program
Robert Schumann
Die Kartenlegerin (Béranger)
Franz Schubert
XVI - The Tower Versunken (Goethe) XVIII - The Moon An den Mond (Hölty)
Ingeborg von Bronsart
XI - Strength Die Loreley (Heine)
Richard Strauss
VI - The lover Amor (Brentano)
S. Barber
XIIII - Temperance Nuvoletta (Joyce)
Francis Poulenc
Fiançailles pour Rire (Vilmorin)
X - The wheel of Fortune La dame d’André
XX - Judgement Dans l’herbe VI - The Chariot Il vole
XII - The hanged man Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant
XV - The Devil Violon
XVII - The star Fleurs
Lili Boulanger
II - The high priestess Elle est gravement gaie
Isabelle Aboulker
III - The empress L'inconstante (Cros)
Mel Bonis
I - The Magician Le chat sur le toit
Anon
XVIIII - The Sun La dama d’Arago Ariel Ramirez
XIII - The nameless Arcanum Alfonsina y el mar (F.Luna)
Alberto Ginastera
VIIII - The hermit Canción al arbol del olvido The Fool Surprise Song
Clara Barbier Serrano, Soprano
Clara graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Leipzig, the Royal College of Music Opera Studio and the Conservatoire de Paris. She received awards at the Concours de Béziers, the Int. Student Lied Duo competition, Lies Askonas competition, ASAO Nuevas Voces. With her duo partner Joanna Kacperek she was an Oxford Lieder Young Artist, received the Liedinnovation Prize 2023, the Jean Meikle Prize for a Duo at the Wigmore Hall Song Competition and 2nd Prize at the Hugo Wolf int. Song Competition 2024.
Her opera roles include Rodelinda, Queen of the Night, Dew Fairy, Controller, Olympia. She appeared at the Oper Leipzig, Verbier Festival Academy, British Youth Opera, Oxford Opera Company, Montpellier, Marseille, Avignon and Nice Opera. She was an Académie Jaroussky young artist and from 2024 joins Paris-based company "Opera Fuoco ».
She performed concerts internationally, in venues such as Life Victoria Barcelona, IRCAM Paris. Specialising in the interpretation of new music, she collaborates with numerous composers and ensembles.
Joanna Kacperek, Pianist
Joanna Kacperek is highly celebrated for being a multi-faceted pianist with a wide ranging repertoire, both as a soloist and a collaborative pianist. She has performed in major concert halls in Europe, Canada and Japan and is a prize winner of Grieg International Piano Competition and finalist of Royal Overseas League Competition. Joanna graduated from Royal College of Music in London and Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and regularly performs recitals in the UK and Europe. Her debut album 'Variations' was released in September 2024 (Rubicon Classics) and received enthusiastic reviews ('International Piano', 'Pianist', 'ArtMuse London’). The CD has also been featured on the Polish National Radio (Program Drugi Polskiego Radia). In February 2025 Joanna performed Chopin for HRH King Charles during his visit to the The Polish Social and Cultural Association in London.
Together with her duo partner, Clara Barbier Serrano, Joanna debuted at Wigmore Hall, winning ‘Jean Meikle Prize’ for best duo at the Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition 2024. Their Liedduo (former ‘Oxford Song Young Artists’ (2022-2024) was also awarded the second prize at the International Hugo Wolf Competition 2024 in Stuttgart and the Lied Innovation prize of the Rhonefestival fűr Liedkunst in Switzerland. Clara and Joanna have performed at such festivals as Oxford International Song Festival, LIFE Victoria Barcelona Festival, Festival de La Gente and Festival de Lussan. This season they will also give recitals for SWR Festspiele, Schumannfest Bonn and International Lied Festival Zeist.
Tickets
Regular Admission - 15€
Reduced Admission (seniors over 60 and students) - 10€
Tickets can be purchased for the concert at the venue. To reserve your spots, please send us an email at info@liedtheway.com.
Included in the ticket price is a free beverage and access to the post-concert reception.
How to reach us
Lied the Way Festival is taking place at the beautiful Palazzo Corsini al Prato, in the heart of Florence, Italy. The Palazzo is the home of Fondazione Mascarade, a highly-qualified and innovative opera studio for the next generation of singers and répétiteurs.
The venue is a 10-minute walk from the main train station in Florence, Santa Maria Novella. To access via Google Maps, simply search for “Fondazione Mascarade”
In addition to the airport in Florence (FLR), various other Italian airports— Bologna (BLG), Pisa (PSA), and Rome Fiumicino (FIU)—are all under two-hour train rides from Florence Santa Maria Novella.
