19. Magical Mysteries: Katharina Ruckgaber, Ashley Riches & Sholto Kynoch
14 October 2019, 19:30 - 21:20
Concert
Holywell St
Oxford
OX1 3BN
Expect spells to be cast, to be bewitched by love, to be enchanted by nature and the night and to be surrounded by mischievous, magical figures. Katharina Ruckgaber and Ashley Riches explore the literal and symbolic appearances of magic in song, with music by Mozart, Schubert, Loewe and others. The Faust legend features again, not least in Schubert’s seminal ‘Gretchen am Spinnrade’.
NB: this programme may also feature real magic. People of a nervous disposition are nevertheless welcome.
Programme
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Es war einmal ein König - Aus Goethes Faust (Op. 75 no.3) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Der Zauberer -
Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
Liebeszauber (Op. 13 no.3) from Sechs Lieder -
Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Es muss ein Wunderbares sein (S314) -
Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924)
Es war einmal ein König -
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Szene aus Faust (D126) - Gretchen am Spinnrade (D118)
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Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
Pesnya Mefistofelya o blokhe, 'The Song of the Flea' -
Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)
Spyashchaya Knyazhna, 'The Sleeping Princess' - Morskaja Carevna, 'The Sea Princess'
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
Angel i demon, 'Angel and Demon' - ~~~ Interval ~~~
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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Die Kartenlegerin (Op. 31 no.2) from Drei Gesänge -
Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869)
Der Zauberlehrling (Op. 20 no.2) -
Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Nachtzauber (no.8) from Gedichte von Joseph von Eichendorff -
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Neue Liebe (Op. 19a no.4) from Six Songs -
Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869)
Herr Oluf (Op. 2 no.2) -
Nikolai Medtner (1880 - 1951)
Elfenliedchen (Op. 6 no.3) -
Franz Lachner (1803 - 1890)
Im Walde (Op. 106 no.4) -
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Nuit d'Etoiles (L4) -
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
La fée aux chansons (Op. 27 no.2) -
Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Oh! Quand je dors (S. 282) -
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Après un rêve (Op. 7 no.1) -
Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)
Ich und Du
Katharina Ruckgaber
Katharina Ruckgaber
Soprano
German soprano Katharina Ruckgaber is a graduate of Munich´s University of Art and Drama as well as the Frankfurt Opera Studio. Her time in Oper Frankfurt saw many appearances on the stage including Susanna in Mozart`s Le Nozze di Figaro, Frasquita in the Barrie Kosky`s highly praised production of Carmen, and the Waldvogel in Wagner`s Siegfried. She sang Fennimore in Kurt Weil`s Silver Lake at the Konzerthaus Berlin under Iván Fischer and Serpetta (Mozart La Finta Giardiniera) with the Bamberg Symphony under Ainars Rubiki... Read Full Biography
Ashley Riches
Ashley Riches
Baritone
British bass-baritone Ashley Riches read English at the University of Cambridge where he was a member of the King’s College Choir under Stephen Cleobury. He went on to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is rapidly emerging as one of today’s finest young singers. A former Jette Parker Young Artist, his roles for the Royal Opera House include Morales Carmen, Mandarin Turandot, Baron Douphol La Traviata and Officer Les Dialogues des Carmelites. For the English National Opera, Ashley has sung Escamillo Carmen, Co... Read Full Biography
Sholto Kynoch
Sholto Kynoch
Pianist
Sholto Kynoch is a sought-after pianist who specialises in song and chamber music. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Oxford Lieder Festival, which won a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2015, cited for its ‘breadth, depth and audacity’ of programming. In July 2018, Sholto was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in the RAM Honours. Recent recitals have taken him to Wigmore Hall, Heidelberger Frühling in Germany, the Zeist International Lied Festival in Holland, the LIFE Victoria festi... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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