11. The West-Eastern Divan: Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake
11 October 2020, 19:30 - 21:30
Concert
Holywell St
Oxford
OX1 3BN
We are thrilled that Ian Bostridge, one of the world’s foremost tenors, will be our artist in residence this year, giving two concerts, an interview and a masterclass. Tonight, he appears with long-standing duo partner and accompanist-par-excellence Julius Drake in a programme that builds on today’s exploration of Hafez and his influence on later song composers. They include the Eastern-inspired poetry of Friedrich Rückert in songs by Schubert and Mahler, and selections of Goethe’s West-Eastern Divan set by Hugo Wolf. They also perform selections of Hans Werner Henze’s Songs from the Arabian, a masterpiece of the modern song repertoire, written for Ian Bostridge in 1996.
EMERGING ARTIST: Fleur Barron
Every evening recital this year will begin with Schubert songs performed by singers who have arguably been hardest hit by the current crisis: artists who are already forging careers but not yet at a stage where they can view current circumstances as a temporary setback. Tonight, we hear the exceptional mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron, described by the Boston Globe as a ‘charismatic star’ and by the Times as a ‘knockout performer’.
This concert will be streamed completely live from the Holywell Music Room. Shortly afterwards, it will also be available to watch again (using the same ticket and link) until 1 November 2020. Click here for further information on how tickets will work this year.
This event will be presented by Ian Skelly.
TRY BEFORE YOU BUY
After a short break at the end of the concert, there will be a Q&A with the artists. Please email any questions you have during the interval or at the end of the concert ([email protected]) or post them on social media (#OLF2020), and the artists will answer as many as time allows.
Programme
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Geheimes (D719) - Im Jänner 1817 ‘Tiefes Leid’ (D876)
- An Silvia (D891)
- Totengräbers Heimweh (D842)
- Die Wallfahrt (D778a)
- Greisengesang (D778)
- Lachen und Weinen (D777)
- Dass sie hier gewesen (D775)
- Du bist die Ruh (D776)
- Sei mir gegrüsst (D741)
- ~~~ Interval ~~~
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Hans Werner Henze (1926 - 2012)
Casarion from Six Songs from the Arabian (Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen) - Das Paradies from Six Songs from the Arabian (Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen)
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Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Phänomen from Goethe-Lieder - Wie sollt ich heiter bleiben from Goethe-Lieder
- Wenn ich dein gedenke from Goethe-Lieder
- Komm, Liebchen, komm from Goethe-Lieder
Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Rückert-Lieder
Ian Bostridge
Ian Bostridge
Tenor
Ian Bostridge’s international recital career has taken him to the Salzburg, Edinburgh, Munich, Vienna, Aldeburgh and Schwarzenberg Schubertiade Festivals and to the main stages of Carnegie Hall and the Teatro alla Scala, Milan. He has held artistic residencies at the Vienna Konzerthaus and Schwarzenberg Schubertiade (2003/04), a Carte-Blanche series with Thomas Quasthoff at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw (2004/05), a Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall (2005/06), the Barbican, London (2008), the Luxembourg Philharmonie (2010/11), the Wig... Read Full Biography
Julius Drake
Julius Drake
Pianist
Julius Drake, described by The New Yorker magazine as the ‘collaborative pianist nonpareil’ lives in London and enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest instrumentalists in his field, collaborating with many of the world’s leading artists, both in recital and on disc. He appears regularly at all the major music centres and festivals: the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh, Munich, Schubertiade, and Salzburg Music Festivals; Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Centre New York; The Kennedy Center, Washington; The Royal Conc... Read Full Biography
Fleur Barron
Fleur Barron
Mezzo-soprano
Hailed as a “charismatic star” by the Boston Globe, British-Singaporean mezzo Fleur Barron is a 2018 HSBC Laureate of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the recipient of the 2016 Jackson Prize for Excellence from the Tanglewood Music Festival, awarded to one outstanding young singer each year, and is mentored by Barbara Hannigan. In the 2018-2019 season, Fleur sings Olga in Eugene Onegin with Opéra de Toulon; Baba the Turk The Rake’s Progress at La Monnaie; Maddalena Rigoletto with Northern Ireland Opera; Balk... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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