Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
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Johannes Brahms
Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op. 48/1
O wüsst‘ ich doch den Weg zurück (Heimweih II), Op. 63/8
Mainacht
Wie Melodien zieht es mir
Meine Liebe ist grün, Op. 63/5
Richard Strauss
Du meines Herzens Krönelein
Traum durch die Dämmerung
Morgen!
Ach weh, mir unglückhaftem Mann
Zueignung
At Festival Maribor, crossing borders has always been about exchanging something: culture, knowledge, music, musicians and concerts. We are proud to continue our collaboration with the musikabendeGRAZ concert cycle as it offers us a wonderful opportunity to host the most interesting Austrian musicians on our stages.
This year's exchange brings an evening of lieder sung by baritone
Klemens Sander, an artist who has received many distinguished awards such as the Richard Taub Prize (London), the International Schumann Competition (Zwickau) and the S-Hertogenbosch Singing Competition (Netherlands). He will be accompanied by pianist
Christian Schmidt, whose playing we have enjoyed on previous Festival Maribor editions. Klemens Sander is a singer wholeheartedly dedicated to lieder and renowned primarily for interpretations that reflect both his sophisticated intimacy and penetrating expression.
These are the two key components necessary for the insightful understanding and persuasive performance of the songs they have chosen to perform in Maribor. The programme features Robert
Schumann’s celebrated song cycle on poems by Heinrich Heine
Dichterliebe, an extremely (even ironically) romantic work, full of both suffering and tenderness, extremes in which both poet and composer engulf themselves. It is a work that calls for interpreters who are both extremely sensitive and charmingly witty. This is also true for the late-romantic Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauss, whose songs demand from their interpreters an extraordinarily beautiful vocal tone along with a deep-rooted modicum of wisdom.
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Tickets: Festival Pass 60 € / 14 € / Pre-sale 11,20 € / Senior 11.20 € / Students, Disability 7 €
Discounted tickets can be purchased at the Information office of Narodni dom Maribor or at the concert venue up to an hour before the concert.
