Town #39 Tolland (visit #2)

Saturday, March 28, 2009
Jennifer Litwin, Soprano

With our friends Peter and Judy, we went to Tolland’s wonderful gem of an arts center, Arts of Tolland, right on the Tolland Green, and heard a performance by coloratura soprano Jennifer Litwin, of Ridgefield, accompanied by pianist Vincent Markiw. Vincent has played there before, but the writeup in the Courant mistakenly made his role in the evening sound larger than it was. Jennifer was clearly the main event.

The first piece they performed included a Russian clarinetist, Gregory Lunin, who was excellent. Jennifer was superb. Her voice would suit a much larger hall, and her performance was flawless. She sang in six languages and said later she pretty much speaks them too. All but the piece with the clarinet were performed without music. She sang pieces by Schubert, Obradors, Liszt, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff, as well as an encore by Copland. It was a well-attended event—a highly enjoyable evening.