76. Dreams - Wesendonck Lieder: Dorothea Röschmann & Malcolm Martineau
25 October 2019, 19:45 - 21:35
Concert
Iffley Road,
Oxford,
OX4 1EH
Two of today’s great artists, known for their performances together on disc and in leading halls and festivals the world over, perform songs by Schubert and Schumann, together with Mahler’s glorious Rückert Lieder. They conclude tonight’s programme with Wagner’s astonishing Wesendonck Lieder, the last of which, ‘Träume’ (‘Dreams’) served as a study for his opera Tristan und Isolde.
Programme
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Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Hochbeglückt in deiner Liebe from Goethe-Lieder - Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte from Goethe-Lieder
- Nimmer will ich dich verlieren from Goethe-Lieder
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Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Suleika (Op. 34 no.4) - Suleika (Op. 57 no.3)
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Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! from Rückert-Lieder - Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft from Rückert-Lieder
- Liebst du um Schönheit from Rückert-Lieder
- Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (G. Mahler) from Rückert-Lieder
- ~~~ Interval ~~~
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart (Op. 135)
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Wesendonck Lieder (WWV 91)
- 1. Der Engel
- 2. Stehe still!
- 3. Im Treibhaus
- 4. Schmerzen
- 5. Träume
Dorothea Röschmann
Dorothea Röschmann
Soprano
Born in Flensburg, Dorothea Röschmann was awarded the title of Kammersängerin at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin in 2017, where she was a member of the ensemble for many years. She has been a frequent guest at that Salzburg Festival since 1995 and works regularly at the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Semperoper Dresden, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and in Berlin. Renowned as a distinguished Mozartian, she has recently ventured in to pastures new with role debuts as Ariadne, Elisabeth/Tannhäuser at... Read Full Biography
Malcolm Martineau
Malcolm Martineau
Pianist
Malcolm Martineau was born in Edinburgh, read Music at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and studied at the Royal College of Music. Recognised as one of the leading accompanists of his generation, he has worked with many of the world’s greatest singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet Baker, Olaf Bär, Anna Netrebko, Elīna Garanča, Dorothea Röschmann, Dame Sarah Connolly, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Della Jones, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltm... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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