The Wagner Effect - TALK THREE

Two study-days exploring Wagner and his influence on song in the late 19th Century.

Talk three given by Amanda Glauert

"Il faut méditerraniser la musique: Wolf’s response to Wagner in song"

Through his short but intense composing life Wolf travelled from being one of Wagner’s most faithful adherents to being one of his most perceptive critics.  Nietzsche’s influence was key in this transformation, prompting Wolf to explore the relationship between song and opera, comedy and tragedy, in ways that both drew on Wagner’s ideas and turned them inside out.

TIMETABLE FOR THE TWO DAYS:

Tuesday 18th October

11am - TALK ONE, given by Roderick Swanston

12.30pm - A light lunch will be available in the foyer of the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building

1.10pm - LUNCHTIME RECITAL; pianist Martin Sturfält plays piano works by Liszt and Wolf, including transcriptions of Wagner

3.30pm - TALK TWO, given by Gulliver Ralston

7pm - Pre-concert talk given by Amanda Glauert

8pm - Mary Bevan, Quirijn de Lang and Sholto Kynoch perform Wolf

Wednesday 19th October

11am - TALK THREE, given by Amanda Glauert

12.30pm - A light lunch will be available in the foyer of the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building

1.10pm - LUNCHTIME RECITAL; soprano Louise Alder and pianist Elizabeth Burgess perform Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, and songs by Wolf and Strauss

3.30pm - TALK FOUR, given by Natasha Loges

7pm - Pre-concert talk given by Natasha Loges

8pm - Dorrotya Lang and Julius Drake perform Liszt, Duparc and Strauss