Mahler: Reader, Thinker, Composer: Christina Sidak & Deirdre Brenner
22 October 2017, 13:45
Lunchtime Recital
This event will be broadcast from Holywell Music Room

As part of our study day, Mahler: Reader, Thinker, Composer, Christina Sidak, one of Austria’s most exciting young mezzos, and superb American pianist Deirdre Brenner perform songs by Gustav and Alma Mahler, and other repertoire that features in the day’s discussions, including songs by Schubert and Schumann.
Programme
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Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964)
Ansturm from Vier Lieder (Mahler, Alma) - Laue Sommernacht from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma)
- Ich wandle unter Blumen from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma)
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Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Ablösung im Sommer (no.11) from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit - Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
- Es sungen drei Engel einen süssen Gesang from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
- Das Himmlische Leben from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
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Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941)
Der englische Gruß (Op. 96) from Lieder "Aus des Volkes Wunderhorn" - Wo’s schneiet rote Rosen (Op. 96) from Lieder "Aus des Volkes Wunderhorn"
- An einen Boten (Op. 96) from Lieder "Aus des Volkes Wunderhorn"
- Großmutter Schlangenköchin (Op. 96) from Lieder "Aus des Volkes Wunderhorn"
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Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945)
Blumengruß (no.3) from 8 Frühe Lieder - Bild der Liebe (no.4) from 8 Frühe Lieder
- Sommerabend (no.5) from 8 Frühe Lieder
- Heiter (no.6) from 8 Frühe Lieder
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Lachen und Weinen (D777) - Dass sie hier gewesen (D775)
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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint (Op. 37 no.1) from Zwölf Gedichte aus „Liebesfrühling“ - O ihr Herren (Op. 37 no.3) from Zwölf Gedichte aus „Liebesfrühling“
- Ich hab in mich gesogen (Op. 37 no.5) from Zwölf Gedichte aus „Liebesfrühling“
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Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken (no.1) from Italienisches Liederbuch

Christina Sidak
Christina Sidak
Mezzo Soprano
Christina Sidak was born Vienna, where she completed her studies in Singing at the University for Music and Performing Arts with distinction. Her teachers included Regina Köbler, KS Gabriele Fontana, Reto Nickler and Christoph U. Meier. Masterclasses with Brigitte Fassbaender, Christa Ludwig, Marjana Lipovsek and Helmut Deutsch further enriched her development as a singer. Christina Sidak was an award winner in the Heinrich Strecker Singing Competition and in 2013 she won the “Würdigungspreis”, an award of special ac... Read Full Biography
Deirdre Brenner
Deirdre Brenner
Pianist
Pianist Deirdre Brenner has performed throughout the USA, Europe and Asia. A musician with a passion for chamber music and art song, she has appeared in venues including the Wiener Musikverein, Wiener Kozerthaus, The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Teatro Real (Madrid), the National Concert Hall (Dublin), Stadthalle (Bayreuth), Philharmonie Essen, St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London) and the Hollywell Music Room (Oxford). Deirdre has performed at festivals including the Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music, Oxford Lieder Festival, Aix-en-... Read Full BiographyFestival Passes
This event is part of a series:
The Last of the Romantics - Mahler and fin-de-siècle Vienna
Please click here to view the full Festival brochure. Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century was a vibrant melting pot for music and the arts. Whirling waltzes sat alongside gargantuan symphonies. The height of romanticism had been reached but was nearly exhausted and on the brink of a whole new musical language. Tradition - with Brahms a holder of the torch - ...