Karen Clark, Contralto, performs Brahm's "Geistliches Wiegenlied"

[UniQueTx2010]

beautiful

[susantrueblue]

Thank you ,,,,,so much.....I don't know if you will read this , but I so appreciate your interpretation of these songs.

And you trio is so together and musical and I just met a violist here I am happy to say who will do these. Again, thank you.............it's wonderful. I love live performance like this. Susan

[paul464101]

I went to high school with Karen. I think this performance is stunning! It brought tears to my eyes!

[quelasol]

Oh, yeah, he's fantastic here! I just mean I've never seen him do anything pre-20th-century. And I've seen all the Kronos documentaries/videos. So my brain can't process him playing Brahms; I keep expecting him to break into Black Angels....

[quelasol]

Ha!!  Major cognitive dissonance, seeing Kronos violist play Brahms! That said, gorgeous performance. My favorite version after Jessye Norman + Wolfram Christ (which is also here on YT).

[RetroJenny]

That is one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard. So rich and dramatic.

[malloyq15]

I love her voice!!! Its very fit for this song! I cant get the song out of my head now!

[franciscobois]

it's so soft and lovely. I love this video

[Aeythvaenn]

Very nicely sung and played!

The word 'Nacht' seems to be more pronounced as 'Nakt' instead of the (CH is pronounced in the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) as 'X'. WipFel unfortunately seems to be mostly pronounced as Wippel.

Just two words that caught my attention, the rest was pronounced well as far as I could tell!

[okebaram]

The depth to her voice does not make her a contralto! I would not classify her as a contralto

[AriD2385]

@okebaram After listening to Sara Mingardo and others, I agree! Still, this piece is absolutely beautiful and her tone is so lovely, however she is classified.

[duranceau951]

thats my piano teacher too, just got with her shes so amazing

[wRottenCookie]

Absolutely stunning!!

[chenjingzhu]

my piano teacher, Marilyn Thompson is in this vedio. nice to see her playing again.

[543693The]

SI !!!! et magnifique contralto avec de beaux velours dans cette voix chaude ! Brahms est heureux j'en suis

certaine ...

j'ai aussi chanté "plus bas" selon la partition et je peux vous garantir.....que je ne suis pas un BARYTON !!!

Oh la !... Merci pour ce moment de grâce Karen Clark...

[taniaipmmusic1]

@543693The  je suis d'acord

[igoniak]

May be you should be a baritone (to miss yellywPipe)

[MrsYellowPipe]

If this is contralto... who am I? I sing sooooooooooomuch lower.

[ElisabettaVS]

@MrsYellowPipe only because you can sing lower, it doesn't mean that you have to sing down to your lowest note in every song.

[OlDoinyo]

"Contralto" is a grab-bag term that includes high contraltos (equivalent to alto trebles/countertenors in range) and also basement contraltos who sing down to baritone G (G2). Perhaps you are one of the latter. KC belongs to the first category.

[xav71176]

Wow.

Great contralto voice, great singing, great acting.

Great musicians too.

[Schollistico]

this is one of the most beautiful voices i have ever heard, Brahm´s suits it a lot and i would love listen to his Schuberts or Shumanns. I love each note, it is made with love and care. I love the sound of the violin; and the chamber work is amazing. Bravi!!!

[ridafole]

Wonderful! Beautil Voice ,very charm and relaxing..!

[Yelidan]

Such a gorgeous strength and depth to your voice, while still so gentle! I love it.

[miLillax]

a si que esto es "contralto"

[krperl7]

Karen, thank you for your gift today...all three of you sound SO divine and I'm proud to know all of you great musicians! Your subtlety and tone are very inspiring...it reminds me how much I love Brahms!

[bbrut333]

Wonderful job, Karen! You sounds so beautiful! :)

[lynnewhelden]

Thanks for sharing your great talent with the world!!! Simon Cowell would be proud.

[chazm3]

Great job, Karen! Very "intellectual"...

[stardustsweeper]

pretty

[ISDesigns]

Great Job Mister!!!