8/18/2019 Yun-Kyuong Yi Recital Reaction Paper
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CAMBA, Andrea Melisa R.
Song Recital Reaction Paper
The moment I saw Yun-Kyuong Yi’s poster, I immediately
decided that I’llwatch the concert. I’ve heard about her before and
people say she was really, really
good. Another thing that got me ecited was when I found out that
she’ll play therole of !ioletta in ""#’s staging of $a Traviata
this year.
%he opened the show with !ivaldi’s Altra Aria del
Vagante and Agitata da dueventi. As a fan of "ecilia
&artoli, I am very familiar of both pieces and I 'now thatthese
re(uire good techni(ue and a lot of focus and concentration.
&othe pieces arerhythmically challenging, and the singer must
have a good breathing techni(ue tosing the long phrases. I was very
ama)ed by her because she sang both songse*ortlessly and with
grace. %he was so relaed and free while singing. It was alsoobvious
that singing melissmas and doing runs are her strengths.
The third piece was +o)art’s L’amero from Il re
Pastore. This piece was of contrasting mood of the rst two/it
has a more sustained legato feel and it wasmuch slower. I was not
fond of this piece though. I li'ed it better when she sang theruns
and pass through all those baro(ue ornaments than hearing her in a
slowlegato piece.
The net piece was !erdi’s Merce, dilette amice from
I Vespri Sielliani. Ithin' that this was one of her best
performances. I was not familiar with the aria buther
interpretation made me very interested. I noticed the movement of
herbreathing and it got me really curious on what her breathing
techni(ue is. Atpresent, that is the problem that I’m wor'ing on
with my ma0or so I really wasfascinated on how she does it.
Yun-Kyuong Yi closed the rst half with 1ossini’s Una voce
poco fa from Il
Barbiere de Seviglia. %ince this aria is one of my favourites, I
was really ecited tohear her interpretation. 2hen she sang the
aria, I really thought that she and +aria"allas have the same
timbre, well at least in some parts. As I was listening to
thepiece, I 0ust can’t help but close my eyes and imagine "allas
singing it. It wasweirdly beautiful.
The second half opened with two !ocalises. I suddenly
found her repertoireinteresting. It’s my rst time to watch a
recital with vocalises so this was a neweperience for me. It was
0ust li'e hearing her vocali)ing but with feelings.
Arthur 3spiritu followed and sang 4 arias. +y teacher made me
watch amaster class with him wee's before the show so I was really
thrilled to watch him on
stage. 5e performed Si Ritrovaria to guiro from La enerentola
and Il mio tessorofrom !on "iovanni. It was so ama)ing to watch,
'nowing that he’s also 6ilipino. Ithin' that he gave a very
powerful presentation that night.
Yun-Kyuong Yi closed with two pieces, 7liere’s oncerto and
Thomas’ A vos #eu$, mes amis. The last two pieces for me
were not as powerful as the last twosongs of the rst half but it
was still consistently astounding.
