Anna Larsson & Matti Hirvonen
22 October 2011, 7:00pm - 8:35pm
7pm: Pre-concert talk given by Daniel Grimley (free)
Songs by Rangström, Nystroem, Mahler & Strauss
Carin Bartosch Edström – Four Nocturnal Songs (WORLD PREMIERE)
Anna Larsson is described as having “overwhelming breadth, warmth and sensitivity” (Financial Times). She is joined by Sweden’s leading accompanist, Matti Hivornen. Their programme includes songs by Gösta Nystroem – rarely performed outside Sweden, without just cause – and Ture Rangström, acknowledged as one of Sweden’s finest song composers. They also perform songs by Strauss and Mahler as well as giving the world premiere of a song cylce by Carin Bartosch Edström.
The Swedish Weekend is generously supported by Musik I Syd, Embassy of Sweden, Gehrmans Musikförlag and Nota Bene Productions.
PROGRAMME:
Gösta Nystroem
Sånger vid havet
Ute i skären
Nocturne
Jag har ett hem vid havet
Havets visa
Jag väntar månen
Ture Rangström
Settings of Bo Bergman:
Melodi
Vinden och trädet
Serenad
Bön till natten
Pan
Vingar i natten
Carin Bartosch Edström (b. 1965)
Four Nocturnal songs to texts by Edith Södergran
1. Stjärnorna (The stars)
2. Farliga drömmar (Dangerous dreams)
3. Nattlig madonna (Nightly madonna)
4. Gryningen (The dawn)
INTERVAL
Richard Strauss
Fruhlingsgedränge
Die Georgine
Heimliche Aufforderung
Geduld
Traum durch die Dämmerung
Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten
Gustav Mahler
from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Rheinlegendchen
Verlorne müh'!
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
Lob des hohen Verstands
Series
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