Here’s the latest video from Edmonton-based mezzo soprano Alia Amad and myself: Schubert’s An die Music. Since the two of us live across Canada, we record separately - I make the piano track first, then Alia records her part on top of that, after which I put them together using iMovie’s split-screen feature. The subtitles are a useful feature, and help people who don’t know German to understand the import of the text with a specific rather than general idea.
Because of the danger of Covid-19 transmission (and the fact we’re currently under strict lockdown orders here in Ontario), this is one of the only ways that singers and pianists can collaborate safely at present. I can hardly wait until the time when safe music-making among groups of people can safely happen once again.