Poetry Declaimed: Benjamin Appl & Gary Matthewman

20 October 2016, 1:10pm 31 December 2024 - 4:35am

Schumann's handful of settings of Schiller stand alongside two of his 'Declamation Ballads', Schumann's innovative take on setting poetry with music, performed by two stars of the new generation.

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Programme

Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Die Götter Griechenlands (1819) D677
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583
An Emma D113

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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Die Flüchtlinge (1852) Op. 122 no.2 13.vi.1852 from Zwei Balladen, declamations

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
In der Fremde (1853) Op. 3 no.5 1–20.v & 22.vi.1840 from Sechs Gesänge
Parole (1852) Op. 7 no.2
Anklänge (1853) Op. 7 no.3
Mondnacht (1853) WoO 21 1–20.v & 22.vi.1840

Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Ballade vom Haideknaben (1853) Op. 122 no.1 15.ix.1853 from Zwei Balladen, declamations
Frühlingsfahrt (1840) Op. 45 no.2 31.x–5.xi.1840 from Romanzen und Balladen, i
Der Einsiedler (1850) Op. 83 no.3 3.iv.1850 from Drei Gesänge
Der frohe Wandersmann (1840) Op. 77 no.1 22.vi.1840 from Lieder und Gesänge, iii
Sechs Gesänge (1851) Op. 107 1851, 1852