New CD: Germaine Tailleferre & Darius Milhaud: Mélodies & Chansons Vol. 2

New CD: Germaine Tailleferre & Darius Milhaud: Mélodies & Chansons Vol. 2

New CD: Germaine Tailleferre & Darius Milhaud: Mélodies & Chansons Vol. 2

The newest release of the „groupe des six“ collection is just available! Together with Steffen Schleiermacher Holger Falk recorded: „Germaine Tailleferre & Darius Milhaud: Mélodies & Chansons Vol. 2“.
More about the CD: After the great success of Milhaud: Mélodies & Chansons Vol. 1 (including 4 nominations for the Opus Klassik Award!), the portrait of the only woman of the groupe des six is now released together with further works by Darius Milhaud: Mélodies & Chansons: Tailleferre & Milhaud, vol. 2.
The multi-faceted music of Germaine Tailleferre and Darius Milhaud wanders from the smoky nightclub of Rue Chagrin to the synagogue, lingers briefly at the children’s playground, and takes us to the cotton fields of America with hints of the blues (songs based on Byron). Germaine Tailleferre also likes to make use of polytonal harmonies; at times the piano moves into harmonic realms that the singing voice does not even touch from a distance. Other pieces, however, are reminiscent of children’s songs in touching simplicity.
 

 

Four nominations for OPUS CLASSIC AWARD 2023!

Four nominations for OPUS CLASSIC AWARD 2023!

Four nominations for OPUS CLASSIC AWARD 2023!

Four nominations for OPUS CLASSIC AWARD 2023!
Holger Falk’s last CD „Darius Milhaud: Songs Melodies et Chansons Vol.1“, a part of his series with the composers of „groupe des six“ has been nominated in 4 categories at the OPUS Klassik Award 2023: Singer of the Year, Best Solo Album, Chamber Music Recording of the Year and Best World Premiere Recording. After three nominations for the Honegger album last year Holger Falk is glad the series gets this recognition and he hopes more people are discovering this beautiful music. Listen to „Lamentation“ from the melancholic and beautiful cycle „poêmes juifs“ here. 

 

Movie „Two Shores“ at Krakow Film Festival

Movie „Two Shores“ at Krakow Film Festival

Movie „Two Shores“ at Krakow Film Festival

On May 30 and June 2, 2023, the film „Two Shores“ will premiere at the Krakow Film Festival. The oldest Polish film festival has invited the film as one of only 9 films in the category „best short film“.
„Anna Maria has a sad face, Anna Maria always looks into the distance“ – the words of the famous Polish ballad sung by Holger Falk in this film by Ewa Rodart accompany the protagonist who comes from Poland to New York to face the ghosts of her past.
„Two Shores“ poetically reflects the fate of many Polish families during the communist era, but transcends the boundaries of a country and an era. The film subtly touches on what hurts the most and what shapes us. At the same time, it does not lack a fascinating, almost documentary observation of the streets of a metropolis where many cultures and histories intermingle. A moving, subtle and sincere film.
With Ewa Rodart, Maks Kubiś, Jerzy Bończak, Philip Lenkowsky, Holger Falk.

 

Four nominations for OPUS CLASSIC AWARD 2023!

Milhaud-CD on Ö1, DesCis

Milhaud-CD on Ö1, DesCis

„From the enormous Lied oeuvre of Darius Milhaud, Holger Falk and his piano partner Steffen Schleiermacher have made a selection of 32 Lieder. Works that offer a wide range of musical and textual expression, from the artificial art song to the cabaret-like chanson.“ – Helene Breisach presented Holger Falk’s CD „Daris Milhaud: Mélodies & Chansons“ on Ö1.