concert reviews
“Soprano Lisa Delan gave a moving performance. It is obvious that she loves these songs and sings them with the conviction of a true believer... Her diction is superb... and her voice captured the essence of these songs. She was a joy to hear and watch.”
— Jeffrey Williams, New York Concert Review
“Lisa Delan has made these songs entirely her own, textually and musically. Her voice encompasses a wide range and she can color and inflect it for mood and expression. Her excellent diction was especially important in the humorous songs...The audience's warm response proved that all the songs were worth a smile, so Mr. Haimovitz returned for an encore: Ms. Woolf's trio arrangement of Getty's The Going from a World We Know.”
— Edith Eisler, New York Concert Review
“Lisa Delan, visibly embodying her role, was a very moving Joan in the second part when she begs forgiveness from Saints Margaret, Catherine and Michael, whose voices she heard before denying them only to affirm their message more positively later on. The audience rewarded the soloist with generous applause.”
— Nicole Jaeg, L'Alsace (July 2003)
“Soprano Lisa Delan showed the sensitivity and vocal means which the piece required, and baritone Vladimir Chernov sang Bishop Cauchon's part with sympathetic firmness. For the Moscow Academy of Choral Art, perfectly prepared by their director Victor Popov, the performance of this engaging piece, which was very warmly received by the audience, was the ultimate accomplishment.”
— Dernieres Nouvelles D'Alsace (July 2003)
“A surprise of the program was the dramatically effective and intensive performance of Gordon Getty's Joan and the Bells. This melodious work proves that contemporary music need not be only mechanically constructed... Lisa Delan and Vladimir Chernov sang with powerful yet tender voices, and the Eric Ericson Choir's singing was precise in articulation and sensitively controlled.”
— Klaus Linsenmeyer, Rain-Post (July 2003)
“Soprano Lisa Delan sings Joan, a role she has made her own, and she sings with the kind of pure tone one expects of a saint-to-be and the passion one expects from a 19-year-old girl going to her death. Miss Delan is exceptional... The results are a performance that is nearly as exceptional as Getty's music is sublime.”
— Nevada Events (November 2001)
“The world premiere of the cantata Joan and the Bells by American composer Gordon Getty was performed in the Big Concert Hall tonight. Joan and the Bells is based on a historic episode from the Hundred Years War. It features the story of the life and death of Jeanne d’Arc. The audience was constantly asking for encores. Lisa Delan, who has a beautiful warm soprano, sang her part wonderfully.”
— Kazanskoye Vremia (September 1998)
