From Vienna to Moscow: Michael Mofidian & Keval Shah
22 October 2017, 5:30pm 11 May 2024 - 5:16am
Bass-baritone Michael Mofidian and Keval Shah gave an exceptional recital at the Spring Weekend of Song auditions for the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platforms. They were clear winners (joint with Peter Harris and Hamish Brown, who give their showcase recital on Satuday 14 October) and today give their Festival recital in a programme that takes us from Vienna to Moscow via Helsinki with songs by Brahms, Rachmaninov and Sibelius.
Watch a clip of Michael and Keval at their audition recital, performing Medtner's 'The Invocation':
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Programme
- Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
- Unbewegte laue Luft (1871) Op. 57 no.8
- Wie bist du, meine Königin (1865) Op. 32 no.9 from 9 Lieder und Gesänge
- Über die Heide (1882) Op. 86 no.4
- O kühler Wald (1877) Op. 72 no.3
- Unüberwindlich (1876) Op. 72 no.5 1876-77
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
- Ya byl u nei, 'I came to her' (1896) Op. 14 no.4 from Twelve Romances
- V moyey dushe (1896) Op. 14 no.10 from Twelve Romances
- Ti pomnish’li vecher (1893)
- My otdokhnyom, 'We shall rest' Op. 26 no.3 from Fifteen Romances
- Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
- Der Genesene an die Hoffnung (1888) no.1 from Mörike-Lieder
- Der Tambour (1888) No.5 from Mörike-Lieder
- Gebet (1888) no.28 from Mörike-Lieder
- Fußreise (1888) No.10 from Mörike-Lieder
- Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
- Svarta Rosor (1899) Op. 36 no.1
- Den Första Kyssen (1900) Op. 37 no.1
- Säf, säf, susa (1899) Op. 36 no.4 1899-1900
- Marssnön (1900) Op. 36 no.5
- Var det en dröm? (1902) Op. 37 no.4
