This Old House: How Tenor Timothy Fallon Is Preserving History at Home and on His New Album, Crepuscolo

<p>The idea of preservation is on tenor <a href="https://www.timothyfallon.com/"><u>Timothy Fallon</u></a>'s mind a lot lately. He recently bought a house in New England that dates to 1740 — which, he's quick to point out, means Bach was still alive when the house was built.</p> <p>And away from the renovations he's managing to preserve the charm of his new abode, Fallon — who will spend the next two seasons as a house singer with Vienna's Volksoper — has been thinking about the role of preservation in music-making. This summer he released <a href="https://bis.se/performers/fallon-timothy/crepuscolo-songs-by-ottorino-respighi"><u><em>Crepuscolo</em></u></a>, a new album of art songs by Ottorino Respighi that Fallon recorded with <a href="https://www.bushakevitz.com/"><u>Ammiel Bushakevitz</u></a>, his longtime recital partner.</p> <p>Although the Italian composer is popular for big orchestral works like <em>Pines of Rome</em>, performances of his songs are extremely rare. Connecting new listeners with the array of colors and emotions these songs convey appealed greatly to Fallon and Bushakevitz.</p> <p>"Does the market need another Schubert album from someone who's not so well known?" Fallon says on the latest episode of the <em>Classical Post</em> podcast. "We thought this could be a preservation project, because Respighi's songs aren't widely recorded. I found it very inspiring to try to make an album that could be a reference for other people in the future, to go and listen to this music in one place."</p> <p>In this discussion, we talk more about the new album, the recording process, and how the project served as a musical lifeline for Fallon at the height of the pandemic. Plus, he shares how being a nosy person is a good thing for musicians, why his house always needs a box of Malden sea salt on hand, and his go-to spots for martinis, dumplings, and sesame pancake sandwiches in New York City.</p> <p>Listen to <em>Crepuscolo</em> on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6kYQt5vmReo0ugn9chrAII"><u>Spotify</u