Neue Lieder
Way back n September 2013, LIEDER ALIVE! announced the appointment of Bay Area composer Kurt Erickson as our Composer-in-Residence.. At that time the organization also announced the launch of our Neue Lieder Commissioning Program with the commission of a five-song cycle of songs by Mr. Erickson. The first two songs in the cycle—contemporary settings of Mondnacht (Joseph von Eichendorff) and Ich und Du (Friedrich Hebbel)—were premiered by soprano Heidi Moss Erickson on our Liederabend Series in San Francisco. The complete cycle had its World Premiere on our series the following year, again featuring Ms. Moss, to whom the set is dedicated.
In addition to composing songs for other LIEDER ALIVE! artists, Mr. Erickson has also identified and worked with guest composers to be commissioned through the Neue Lieder Commissioning Program: Mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich premiered new works written by several guest composers especially for LIEDER ALIVE! including a collaboration with composer Anno Schreier, pianist John Parr and the DEUTSCHE OPER, Berlin.