The Arts in Conversation
Bruce Wolosoff, Artistic Director
Upcoming Programs
WINTERREISE
Saturday, February 15th, at 7 PM
The Church, Sag Harbor
Matthew Rose
We are thrilled to invite you to a very special evening at The Church.
Internationally acclaimed British basso Matthew Rose will perform Schubert’s Winterreise (Winter Journey), one of the greatest song cycles ever written. He will be joined in this performance by the distinguished pianist Brian Zeger.
Set in the stunning acoustics and intimate atmosphere of The Church, this promises to be an unforgettable musical experience—a journey of heartbreak, longing, and beauty.
Reflections in Music Artistic Director Bruce Wolosoff will present a brief introduction of Winterreise prior to the performance.
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Saturday, February 15th, at 7 PM
The Church, 48 Madison St, Sag Harbor, NY
Join us for this extraordinary performance!
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About the Artists:
Matthew Rose
Bass
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British bass Matthew Rose studied at the Curtis Institute of Music before becoming a member of the Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 2006 Matthew made an acclaimed debut at the Glyndebourne Festival as Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – for which he received the John Christie Award– and he has since sung the role at La Scala, Covent Garden, Opéra National de Lyon, Houston Grand Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Matthew’s international career has seen him enjoy a close relationship with the Metropolitan Opera, for whom he gave his 100th performance in 2022. For The Met, Matthew has sung Filippo II and Monk Don Carlos, Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor, Claudio Agrippina, Masetto and Leporello Don Giovanni, Oroveso Norma, Ashby La Fanciulla del West, Talbot Maria Stuarda, Bottom A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Night Watchman Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Frère Laurent Roméo et Juliette and Colline La bohème.
The 2024/25 season includes a return to the role of Fasolt in Das Rheingold for the Bayerische Staatsoper, and performances of Rocco in Fidelio with the Opéra National de Bordeaux.
On the concert platform, Matthew sings Bruckner's Mass No. 3 with the SWR Symphonieorchester, Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and returns to Winterreise in performances across the United Kingdom.
In concert Matthew has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival, BBC Proms and the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York. His engagements include the London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Colin Davis, Daniel Harding and Michael Tilson Thomas, the Philadelphia Orchestra with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel, the Staatskapelle Dresden with Sir Charles Mackerras, the New York Philharmonic with Manfred Honeck, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Sir Antonio Pappano, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Kent Nagano, the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Vladimir Jurowski & Edward Gardner, the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Charles Dutoit, the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Sir Andrew Davis, Edward Gardner, JiÅ™í BÄ›lohlávek and Marc Minkowski, the Rotterdam Philharmonic with Richard Egarr, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin with Kent Nagano and the Wiener Konzerthaus with Pablo Heras-Casado.
Recordings include a critically acclaimed Winterreise with pianist Gary Matthewman, Schwanengesang with Malcolm Martineau (Stone Records) and Arias for Benucci with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen (Hyperion).
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Brian Zeger
Pianist
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Widely recognized as one of today’s leading collaborative pianists, Brian Zeger has performed with many of the world’s greatest singers including Marilyn Horne, Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, René Pape, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, Piotr Beczala, Denyce Graves and Adrianne Pieczonka in an extensive concert career that has taken him to the premiere concert halls throughout the United States and abroad.
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His recent recordings include Gathering: Songs by Ben Moore, featuring an exceptional array of opera and Broadway stars; All Who Wander, a recital disc with Jamie Barton; Preludios - Spanish songs with Isabel Leonard; a recording of Strauss and Wagner lieder with Adrianne Pieczonka; Dear Theo: 3 Song Cycles by Ben Moore with Paul Appleby, Susanna Phillips and Brett Polegato; and A Lost World - Schubert Songs and Duets with Susanna Phillips and Shenyang, all for the Delos label.
Some of his critical essays and other writings have appeared in Opera News, The Yale Review and Chamber Music magazine. He has made frequent appearances on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts both on the Opera Quiz and as intermission host and performer and has the distinction of creating, narrating and performing in five intermission features devoted to art song, a first in the long history of the Met broadcasts.
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In addition to his distinguished concert career, he serves as Artistic Director of the Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts at The Juilliard School. Previously, he also served for eight years as the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists Development Program and for many seasons as the director of the vocal program at the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival.
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For more information about Mr. Zeger’s activities, please visit his website, www.brianzeger.com.
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