Festival Finale
29 October 2016, 7:30pm 06 December 2024 - 1:04pm
After a packed and thrilling fortnight, The Schumann Project draws to a close with a star cast and a wonderful programme. Two of Schumann's cycles for four singers and piano are at the heart of tonight's performance. The Minnespiel, Op. 101, sets poems of Schumann's beloved Friedrich Rückert, in a series of eight solos, duets and quartets. The Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138, follows a similar pattern, but with the ensemble including four hands at the piano; an inspiration for Brahms's later Liebeslieder Walzer. Together with other songs and duets, they form a fitting and uplifting send-off to the Festival.
Festal supper will be available from 6:30pm every evening (except Thursday 20th). Enjoy a delicious hot main meal and side dish between the afternoon and evening recitals for just £11. Our food partners this year are the Vaults & Garden Café, The Oxford University Club, and St Stephen’s House. Please book by midnight the day before by clicking here.
Programme
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Minnespiel (1849) Op. 101 1–5.vi.1849
- Meine Töne still und heiter
- Liebster, deine Worte stehlen
- Ich bin dein Baum
- Mein schöner Stern!
- Schön ist das Fest des Lenzes
- O Freund, mein Schirm, mein Schutz!
- Die tausend Grüsse
- So wahr die Sonne scheinet
- Bilder aus Osten (1848) Op. 66
- Spanische Liebeslieder (1849) Op. 138 31.iii–3.iv & 25.xi.1849
- Vorspiel
- Tief im Herzen trag ich Pein
- O wie lieblich ist das Mädchen
- Bedeckt mich mit Blumen
- Flutenreicher Ebro
- Intermezzo
- Weh, wie zornig ist das Mädchen
- Hoch, hoch sind die Berge
- Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen
- Dunkler Lichtglanz, blinder Blick
- Bei Schenkung eines Flügels (1853) WoO26 no.4 20.viii.1853
Artists
Series
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