In a programme specially devised to celebrate the song programme which has been a highlight of the 2023/24 season at Conway Hall, Roger Vignoles and Artistic Director Simon Callaghan come together with a quartet of talented young singers led by Ferrier award-winning soprano Jessica Cale. Their programme showcases songs and piano duets by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, and culminates in a performance of Brahms’s Liebeslieder-Walzer, a collection of love songs in Ländler style for four voices and piano duet, a work which may have been inspired by his love for Clara Schumann.
SchumannSpanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138
Clara Schumann6 Lieder, Op. 13 (Die stille Lotosblume)
Clara Schumann6 Lieder, Op. 13 (Ich stand in dunklem Träumen)
Clara Schumann3 Lieder, Op. 12 (Liebst du um Schönheit)
Clara SchumannLorelei, WoO 19
Brahms4 Duets, Op. 61 (Phänomen)
Brahms4 Duets, Op. 61 (Die Schwestern)
~ Interval ~
Mendelssohn6 Lieder, Op. 57 (Venetianisches Gondellied)
Mendelssohn2 Lieder, WoO 17 (Pagenlied)
Mendelssohn6 Gesänge, Op. 34 (Auf Flügeln des Gesanges)
Mendelssohn12 Gesänge, Op. 8 (Hexenlied)
BrahmsLiebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52
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