Lyric Fest presents its first CD, released by Naxos Records and now available—Daron Hagen: 21st Century Song Cycles. Click here for an excerpt, “The Rain Stick,” performed by soprano Justine Aronson, tenor Joseph Gaines and pianist Laura Ward. Check out this engaging podcast with Daron as he talks about the album, life as a composer, poetry, writing songs and much more….
“Hagen casually evokes sexy hints of Schubert, Broadway and serialism, before the music bursts into innocent lyrical love. There are similarly striking tracks and moments throughout the recital….” —Gramophone magazine (the article reprinted from the February 2018 issue, used with permission)