Mahler, Berg, Korngold & Strauss: Angelika Kirchschlager & Julius Drake
26 October 2017, 19:30
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World-famous mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager returns to the Festival to perform songs by Gustav and Alma Mahler, Berg (Op.2), Korngold and Strauss. Korngold’s Op.38 songs are among his finest, and include various references to his famed film scores.
Programme
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Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964)
Die stille Stadt from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma) - Laue Sommernacht from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma)
- Bei dir ist es traut from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma)
Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
Vier Gesänge, Op.2 (Op.2)
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Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Rheinlegendchen from Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Aus! Aus! (no.8) from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
- Verlorne Müh’ from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
- Das irdische Leben from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
- Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen (1887–91) (no.6) from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
- Selbstgefühl (no.14) from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
- Lob des hohen Verstandes from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
- ~~~ Interval ~~~
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Erich Korngold (1897 - 1957)
Glückwunsch (Op.38 no.1) - Der Kranke (Op.38 no.2)
- Alt-Spanisch (Op.38 no.3)
- Old-English Song (Op.38 no.4)
- My Mistress' Eyes (Op.38 no.5)
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Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964)
Sendung - Am Fenster
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Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Zueignung (Op.10 no.1) - Nichts (Op.10 no.2)
- Das Rosenband (Op.36 no.1)
- Du meines Herzens Krönelein (Op.21 no.2)
- Für funfzehn Pfennige (Op.36 no.2)
- Ruhe, meine Seele! (Op.27 no.1)
- Allerseelen (Op.10 no.8)
Angelika Kirchschlager
Angelika Kirchschlager
Mezzo-soprano
Angelika Kirchschlager was born in Salzburg and studied at the Mozarteum and at the Vienna Music Academy. She enjoys an international career, dividing her time between recitals and opera in Europe, North America and the Far East. She is acclaimed as one of the foremost interpreters of Richard Strauss and Mozart and for the title roles of operas such as ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’ and ‘Sophie’s Choice’. Highlights of the 2017/18 season include Clairon in Strauss Capriccio at the Theater an der Wien, p... Read Full Biography
Julius Drake
Julius Drake
Pianist
The pianist Julius Drake 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: the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh, Munich, Schubertiade and Salzburg Music Festivals; Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Centre, New York; the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and BBC Proms, London. Julius Drake’s many recordings include a widely acclaimed series with Gerald Finley for H... Read Full BiographyThis event is part of a series:
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