Otter, Anne Sofie von - A Simple Song - Various

A quick glance at the program reveals who the singer is – only Anne Sofie von Otter could have put together such a diverse and wide-ranging program. And only von Otter was able to hold it together seamlessly, finding resonances between these very different pieces and bringing them out with her rare ability to adopt different singing styles and expressive registers: Bernstein's Simple Song , Anne Sofie von Otter always sings "the way she wants to sing." From Liszt to Pärt and Mahler's Resurrection Symphony to Richard Rodgers' Sound of Music, von Otter is accompanied by her long-time accompanist Bengt Forsberg, who plays the organ instead of his usual piano. At various points in the program, they are joined by several musical friends on the organ loft of St. James's Church in central Stockholm – the very church where the young von Otter began her singing career as a choir member and gave one of her first public concerts together with Forsberg.