A Wedding Gift: Joan Rodgers, Dietrich Henschel & Sholto Kynoch
17 October 2016, 19:30
Recital
This event will be broadcast from Holywell Music Room
Eminent German baritone, and renowned interpreter of song, Dietrich Henschel is joined by distinguished soprano Joan Rodgers for a complete performance of Myrthen, Robert Schumann's wedding gift to his bride Clara. Written in the miraculous year of 1840, it contains many of his most enduringly popular songs.
Festal supper will be available from 6:30pm every evening (except Thursday 20th). Enjoy a delicious hot main meal and side dish between the afternoon and evening recitals for just £11. Our food partners this year are the Vaults & Garden Café, The Oxford University Club, and St Stephen’s House. Please book by midnight the day before by clicking here.
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Programme
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Drei Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel (Op. 30)
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Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
Volkslied - Der Abendstern
- Walzer
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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Sonntag (Op. 79 no.6) from Lieder-Album für die Jugend - Die Waise (Op. 79 no.14) from Lieder-Album für die Jugend
- Weihnachtslied (Op. 79 no.16) from Lieder-Album für die Jugend
- Das Glück (Op. 79 no.15) from Lieder-Album für die Jugend
- Die Schwalben (Op. 79 no.20) from Lieder-Album für die Jugend
- ~~~ Interval ~~~
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Myrthen (Op. 25)
- 1. Widmung
- 2. Freisinn
- 3. Der Nussbaum
- 4. Jemand
- 5. Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan I „Sitz ich allein“
- 6. Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan II „Setze mir nicht, du Grobain“
- 7. Die Lotosblume
- 8. Talismane
- 9. Lied der Suleika
- 10. Die Hochländer-Witwe
- 11. Lied der Braut I „Mutter, Mutter! Glaube nicht“
- 12. Lied der Braut II „Lass mich ihm am Busen hangen“
- 13. Hochländers Abschied
- 14. Hochländisches Wiegenlied
- 15. Aus den „Hebräischen Gesängen“
- 16. Rätsel
- 17. Zwei Venetianische Lieder I „Leis’ rudern hier!“
- 18. Zwei Venetianische Lieder II „Wenn durch die Piazzetta“
- 19. Hauptmanns Weib
- 20. Weit, weit
- 21. Was will die einsame Träne?
- 22. Niemand
- 23. Im Westen
- 24. Du bist wie eine Blume
- 25. Aus den „Östlichen Rosen“
- 26. Zum Schluss
Dietrich Henschel
Dietrich Henschel
Baritone
“Baritone Dietrich Henschel is a towering figure, physically, intellectually, musically and theatrically. His prowess as an interpreter, by which I mean precisely his ability to get below the surface of a song and right into its soul, is extraordinary.” - The Herald Scotland. Baritone Dietrich Henschel captivates audiences as a regular guest at major opera houses, as an esteemed interpreter of Lieder and oratorios and with his varied multimedia projects. His repertoire stretches from Monteverdi to the avant-garde. Born in Berl... 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. Recent recitals have taken him to Wigmore Hall, Heidelberger Frühling in Germany, the Zeist International Lied Festival in Holland, the LIFE Victoria festival and Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Opéra de Lille, Kings Place in Lo... Read Full BiographyFestival Passes
This event is part of a series:
The Schumann Project
The Schumann Project: 14-29 October 2016 The fifteenth Oxford Lieder Festival will be the Schumann Project, a unique survey of Schumann's complete songs. The Schumann Project will explore Schumann's life and times, his friends and contemporaries, his influences and his legacies, and his literary and artistic interests. This two-week feast of song will feature Oxford Lieder's trad...