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God is my Shepherd
L'Eraclito amoroso
1 Dvorak's Biblical Songs in English / Clouds and Darkness  
2 Lord, Thou Art My Refuge  
3 Hear My Prayer  
4 God is My Shepherd  
5 I Will Sing New Songs  
6 Hear My Prayer, O Lord  
7 By the Waters of Babylon  
8 Turn Thee to Me  
9 I Will Lift Mine Eyes  
10 Sing Ye a Joyful Song  
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In January of 2019, award winning soprano Elyse Anne Kakacek joined forces with organist and pianist Dr. Ryan Jackson to create a recording of Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's Biblical Songs in English (Opus 99). In the recent pandemic, the pair decided the time was right to offer these cathartic, hopeful and beautiful pieces to the world with an online self-release. The album, entitled Formless, will be released on all digital platforms on August 17, 2020.

The album celebrates the recordings and interpretations of Dvorak's Biblical Songs in English by soprano Elyse Anne Kakacek, praised by OperaNews for her "smoldering lyricism", and award winning organist/pianist Dr. Ryan Jackson.

  • Elyse Anne Kakacek chats with 89.7WCPE - North Carolina's Classical Station
    Posted At: January 23, 2022 12:00 AM
    Every Sunday, The Classical Station presents Preview, a program featuring new classical recording releases. From symphonies to vocal music, from ballet to chamber music, we sample new interpretations of familiar music, as well as newer music. A regular feature of Preview is an interview at approximately 7:00 p.m. We speak with performing musicians and composers from around the world.On this episode; soprano...
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  • Dvorak's Biblical Songs find new interpreter in Elyse Anne Kakacek / Hollywood Soapbox
    Posted At: December 8, 2020 12:00 AM

    Elyse Anne Kakacek has breathed new life into Dvořák's celebrated Biblical Songs on her new album, Formless, working alongside organist/pianist Dr. Ryan Jackson. The release, which is now available on all streaming platforms, is the soprano's second album, after Untethered. "Dr. Ryan Jackson was my music director," Kakacek said in a recent phone interview. "I sang in his professional choi...
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  • Czech heritage is at the forefront of Elyse Anne Kakacek's 'Formless' / Rio Grande Guardian
    Posted At: November 27, 2020 12:00 AM

    Czech heritage is at the forefront with Elyse Anne Kakacek's album release "Formless." In 1894, composer Antonin Dvorak completed a song cycle in English that was translated from the 1579 Czech version of the Bible.  Elyse Anne Kakacek uses Dvorak's English text of the Bible translated from the Czech version in her album "Formless."    Rio Grande Guardian arts correspondent Mario ...
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  • Harmonious World Podcast interviews Elyse Anne Kakacek on 'Formless'
    Posted At: November 2, 2020 12:00 AM

    In January of 2019, award winning soprano Elyse Anne Kakacek joined forces with organist and pianist Dr. Ryan Jackson to create a recording of Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's Biblical Songs in English (Opus 99). In the recent pandemic, the pair decided the time was right to offer these cathartic, hopeful and beautiful pieces to the world with an online self-release. The album is entitled Formless. ...
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  • Elyse Anne Kakacek's 'Formless' offers a peaceful meditation on spirituality. A salve for the soul / FM91WGTE
    Posted At: October 14, 2020 12:00 AM

    The young American soprano Elyse Anne Kakacek joins FM91: WGTE - Toledo OH to discuss her new album Formless: The Biblical Songs of Antonin Dvořák. Inspirational in both interpretation and content, Formless offers a peaceful meditation on spirituality – and a salve for the soul in troubled times such as these. Dvořák's Biblical Songs are simple yet powerful settings ...
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  • CS Music who loves special singers, spotlights; Elyse Anne Kakacek
    Posted At: October 15, 2019 12:00 AM

    Award winning soprano Elyse Anne Kakacek has joined forces with accompanist Christopher Fecteau to create a recording of American composer Valerie Saalbach's complete song cycles. The True Capture Records release entitled 'Untethered' contains the world premiere recording of Valerie Saalbach's complete song cycles; Journey of Desire, The Poems of Emily Dickinson, and Catarina de Camoens. ...
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  • There is a crystalline clarity to Elyse Anne Kakacek's 'Untethered' / The Rehearsal Studio
    Posted At: September 3, 2019 12:00 AM

    This Sunday will mark the debut of a new record label, True Capture Records. The label is the brainchild of baritone Matthan Ring Black, and he created it to empower emerging talent to create new art. For this first album Black approached soprano Elyse Anne Kakacek, who has recently been making her mark in opera, oratorio, and contemporary music. Black suggested that Kakacek prepare an album of moder...
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