Tales of the unexpected
17 October 2025, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Dutch baritone Henk Neven is a former BBC New Generation Artist, and is now co-Artistic Director, alongside the exceptional pianist Hans Eijsackers, of the International Lied Festival Zeist, our partner festival in the Netherlands. They begin our extended Schubert weekend with a programme of ballads, by not only Schubert but also Schumann, Loewe and Liszt. The idea of extended storytelling in song is not just about high drama and thrills – though there are plenty of those! – but also a psychological richness that can unfold through a narrative. This promises to be an unmissable recital.
Programme
- Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
- Ganymed (1817) D544
- Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869)
- Der selt'ne Beter
- Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
- Der Vater mit dem Kind (1827) D906
- Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869)
- Edward Op. 1 No. 1
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- Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
- Der Zwerg (1822) D771 1822-1823
- Die Befreier Europas in Paris (1814) D104
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Die beiden Grenadiere (1840) Op. 49 no.1 12.v.1840 from Romanzen und Balladen, ii
- Belsatzar (1840) Op. 57 7.ii.1840
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- Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
- Die Vätergruft S281 (Second version)
- Der Traurige Mönch
