Franz Schubert: Katharina Ruckgaber & Sholto Kynoch
16 October 2017, 13:10
Lunchtime Recital

Holywell St
Oxford
OX1 3BN
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Please note that Christina Gansch is unwell and has regretfully had to withdraw from this concert. We are very grateful to Katharina Ruckgaber for stepping in at short notice.
We are delighted to welcome the outstanding German soprano Katharina Ruckgaber to open our lunchtime series, in a wonderful all-Schubert programme. Katharina recently appeared in the Wigmore Hall Schubert song series with Sholto Kynoch, and at the Konzerthaus in Vienna with Graham Johnson. She has recently sung an acclaimed Papagena in Die Zauberflöte at the Theater an der Wien.
Programme
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
An Silvia (D891) - Daphne am Bach (D411)
- Liebhaber in allen Gestalten (D558)
- Der Fischer (D225)
- Die Forelle (D550)
- Johanna Sebus (D728)
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Gott höre meine Stimme (D190) - Der Flug der Zeit (D515)
- Romanze „Der Vollmond Strahlt“ (D797 no.3)
- Die junge Nonne (D828)
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Misero pargoletto (D42) - Gretchen am Spinnrade (D118)
- Litanei auf des Fest Allerseelen (D343)
- Der Musensohn (D764)

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
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 BiographyFestival Passes
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