Tres sonetos de amor

Press and Program Notes

Tres Sonetos de Amor was premiered by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra with Nathan Gunn, baritone, and Carl St. Clair conducting, on October 2, 2002. The European premiere was by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, with Hugh Russel, baritone, and Jan Latham-Koenig conducting, on March 27, 2003.

Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)
Daniel Cariaga

Daniel Cariaga of the Los Angeles Times, in reviewing the world premiere of the baritone and orchestra version of Tobias Picker's Tres Sonetos de Amor, writes "St.Clair elicited luscious lyricism and a wonderful palette of colorful, quiet playing from the orchestra in Picker's evocative, neo-Romantic songs... Picker's handsome settings...are likely to be a serious addition to the repertory: the music effortlessly amplifies the emotional ambience of the texts, and the three songs offer handsome contrasts."

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