Rückert Lieder
13 October 2024, 7:00pm - 8:45pm
Dame Sarah Connolly’s recitals are an annual highlight of the Festival. She and Joseph Middleton perform the extraordinary Rückert Lieder, written by Mahler in the first two summers of the 20th century, while he was staying at his rural lakeside retreat in Maiernigg: immersed in nature and escaping the frantic pace of Vienna. Their programme also includes songs by Brahms, Debussy’s scandalous Chansons de Bilitis, and a selection of pastoral English songs by Bridge, Moeran, Gurney and Ireland.
At the start of this evening's concert, and almost all evenings in the first week of the Festival, one of our eight exceptional Young Artist Programme duos will give a 15-minute showcase performance.
Programme
Emerging Artists
- Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977)
- 2. Frosty night from Four Night Songs
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Mein schöner Stern! (1849) Op. 101 no.4 1–5.vi.1849 from Minnespiel
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Canticle I: ‘My beloved is mine and I am his’ (1947) Op. 40
Principal Artists
- Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
- Ständchen (1885) Op. 106 no.1
- Da unten im Tale WoO 33 no.6 from 49 Deutsche Volkslieder
- O kühler Wald (1877) Op. 72 no.3
- Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
- Rückert-Lieder (1901) 1901-1902
- Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
- Chansons de Bilitis (1897) 1897-1898
- Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
- Day after day
- Speak to me, my love!
- Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950)
- Twilight (1920)
- Ivor Gurney (1890 - 1937)
- Thou didst delight my eyes (1921)
- John Ireland (1879 - 1962)
- Earth's Call (1918)
Artists
Series
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