Oxford Lieder Festival Opening Recital

Wolfgang Holzmair

Baritone / Bass

Wolfgang Holzmair was born in Vöcklabruck, Austria, and studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and
Dramatic Art with Hilde Rössel-Majdan (voice) and Erik Werba (lied).

He performs in recital throughout the world, including London, Lisbon, New York, Washington, at the
Risör Festival (Norway), Bath Festival (UK), Menuhin Festival (Switzerland), Bregenz Festival and
Carinthian Summer Festival (Austria), and in 2010/11 again in London, New York and at the Carinthian

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Julius Drake

Pianist

The pianist Julius Drake who studied and lives in London, specialises in the field of chamber music and works with many of the world's leading vocal and instrumental artists, both in recital and on disc.

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7pm - Pre-concert talk (free) Richard Stokes - "Schumann's settings of Heine's romantic and cynical verse"

In his bicentenary year, an all-Schumann programme appropriately begins the 2010 OLF recitals, and we could not hope for finer artists and repertoire on such an occasion. Schumann’s Kerner Lieder contain some of the composer’s finest writing, with moments of high drama and moments of extraordinary tenderness. Heine was one of Schumann’s favourite poets, and as well as the cycles to his poems (Op. 24 Liederkreis and Dichterliebe) there are many other settings, some of the greatest of which are brought together this evening. Wolfgang Holzmair’s Festival appearances are always memorable occasions, and it is a great pleasure to welcome him back with the ever-popular pianist Julius Drake.

This concert is generously supported by Trufflehunter

Programme:

Robert Schumann

Settings of Heine:

• Mein Wagen rollet langsam
• Es leuchtet meine Liebe
• Der arme Peter
• Was will die einsame Träne
• Tragödie I
• Tragödie II
• Abends am Strand
• Die beiden Grenadiere
• Lehn deine Wang
• Die Lotosblume
• Belsazar

INTERVAL

• Kerner Lieder