Featuring Katelyn Crawford (voice) and Alexander Hanysz (piano)
3.00 pm at North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson – Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
1. Nature, The Gentlest Mother
2. There Came a Wind Like a Bugle
3. Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven?
4. The World Feels Dusty
5. Heart, We Will Forget Him!
6. Dear March, Come In!
7. Sleep Is Supposed to Be
8. When They Come Back
9. I Felt a Funeral in My Brain
10. I’ve Heard an Organ Talk Sometimes
11. Going to Heaven!
12. The Chariot
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 – Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen
2. Ich wandte mich
3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du
4. Wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelzungen redete
50 minutes duration
ABOUT KATELYN
Katelyn Crawford is a mezzo soprano / soprano, classical guitarist and composer based in Adelaide. In 2022, she completed an Honours Degree of Bachelor of Music (Classical Voice) with first class honours at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, under the guidance of soprano Rosalind Martin. Katelyn also completed a Diploma in Languages (German Studies) with Advanced German at the University of Adelaide in 2021. Katelyn completed a Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance and Pedagogy) in classical voice at the Elder Conservatorium in 2023, and is currently undertaking a PhD in classical voice performance and pedagogy at the Elder Conservatorium.
During her classical voice studies, Katelyn was awarded the Elder Conservatorium’s Clement Q. Williams Prize (2020), The Frederick Bevan Prize for Singing (2021), The Rae Cocking Memorial Prize (2022), The Robert Whinham Prize (2022), The Lucy Josephine Baggott Prize (2023) and The George Boland Scholarship (2023).
Katelyn also received a Lunch Hour Award in the Recitals Australia Lunch Hour Series Autumn Season 2022. Katelyn also participated in the Recitals Australia Elder Conservatorium Fellowship Program for 2023, and performed recitals in the Adelaide Fringe as a part of Recitals Australia’s ‘Recitals on the Fringe’ in 2024.
Katelyn regularly performs art song recitals at North Adelaide Baroque Hall and through Recitals Australia. Katelyn also performs at ceremonies, concerts and functions around Adelaide.
ABOUT ALEXANDER
Alexander Hanysz enjoys a diverse career embracing many facets of the pianist’s art—soloist, accompanist for singers and instrumentalists, chamber musician, repetiteur and orchestral pianist. He has performed throughout Australia, and recorded for ABC Classic FM and for MBS radio in several states. He has also appeared as soloist and chamber musician in the UK.
In Adelaide, Alexander has collaborated in concert with artists such as Thomas Edmonds, Elizabeth Campbell and Nicholas Milton, and was a repetiteur for Wagner’s Ring cycle in 2004. He has a keen interest in contemporary music: he gave the South Australian premiere of John Adams’ piano concerto with the Adelaide Art Orchestra, and has given world premieres of new works by Australian composers. In 2024, he also gave the Australian premiere of Chopin’s newly discovered waltz. His two piano arrangement of Carl Vine’s piano concerto was published by Faber Music.
Alexander graduated with honours from the Flinders Street School of Music, and has participated in masterclasses with Jeremy Menuhin, Roy Howat and Michael Kieran Harvey. An Adelaide University medallist, his numerous prizes also include the Edith Leigh Piano Prize (Cambridge), the Geoffrey Parsons Award at the Barossa International Festival, and the Adelaide Eisteddfod concerto prize. He has twice appeared as a finalist in the Australian National Piano Award. Alexander is one of the few Australian pianists to have played all 48 preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier in concert.
Since the COVID era, Alexander has taken a strong interest in digital media and virtual performances. His YouTube channel has an eclectic mix of acoustic and synthesised recordings ranging from classical repertoire through to new compositions, with creative animations adding another dimension to the music.