Sarah Connolly, Philip Dukes & Eugene Asti

24 October 2012, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

7pm (free): Pre-concert talk given by Richard Stokes

Brahms Viola Songs and transcriptions and songs by Mendelssohn

Sarah Connolly is acknowledged as one of the world’s great singers. She is joined by two other internationally-renowned artists in a programme including Brahms’ lovely songs with viola, a selection of Mendelssohn lieder and some songs arranged for viola and piano.

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PROGRAMME

Felix Mendelssohn

Sechs Lieder, Op. 71

Tröstung (Hoffmann von Fallersleben)
Frühlingslied (Klingemann)
An die Entfernte (Lenau)
Schilflied (Lenau)
Auf der Wanderschaft (Lenau)
Nachtlied (Eichendorff)
 

Johannes Brahms

Six Songs (transcribed for viola and piano)

Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86/2
Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105/1
Sapphische Ode, Op. 94/4
Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4
Liebestreu, Op. 3/1
Minnelied, Op. 71/5
 

INTERVAL
 

Johannes Brahms

Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91

Gestillte Sehnsucht (Rückert)
Geistliches Wiegenlied (Geibel, nach dem Spanischen)

Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121

Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh (Ecclesiastes, III)
Ich wandte mich und sahe an alle (Ecclesiastes, IV)
O Tod, wie bitter bist du (Ecclesiastes, XLI)
Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen redete (I. Corinthians XIII)

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