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With Elisabeth Kulman through the history of the art song
The Schwarzenberg Schubertiade can look back on more than forty years of music-making history, making it one of the oldest music festivals for the Lieder genre. In the true spirit of its co-founders Hermann Prey and Gerd Nachbauer, the music of Franz Schubert is the central focus of interest, and this is reflected in the frequent airing of works by composers who followed Schubert and continued his Lieder legacy.
One of the foremost composers of Lieder after Schubert was undoubtedly Robert Schumann, whom Elisabeth Kulman, possibly todayʼs best mezzo soprano, placed at the heart of her Schubertiade Lieder recital on August 26, 2017. Together with her outstanding accompanist Eduard Kutrowatz she performed a very personal selection of Schumann Lieder which included both the well known standard songs as well as rarities in the repertoire.
In the second half of her recital, Kulman contrasted some of the best known Schubert Lieder with songs by Herwig Reiters, who is currently deemed one of the leading composers of Lieder, thereby impressively illustrating how the tradition of the art song has developed from Schubertʼs time to the present day to produce some really brilliant repertoire for listeners to enjoy.
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
[1] Von fremden Ländern
[2] Mond, meiner Seele
[3] Seit ich ihn gesehen
[4] Du nennst mich
[5] Ich kann’s nicht fassen
[6] Glückes genug
[7] Süßer Freund
[8] An meinem Herzen
[9] Der Zeisig
[10] Kinderwacht
[11] Warum?
[12] Die letzten Blumen
[13] Nun hast du mir
[14] Reich mir die Hand
[15] Nachtlied
[16] Mondnacht
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
[17] Dithyrambe D 801/1
[18] Die Sterne D 684
[19] Romanze D 797/3b
Herwig Reiter (*1941)
[20] Sachliche Romanze
Franz Schubert
[21] Wehmut D 772
Herwig Reiter
[22] Alte Frau auf dem Friedhof
Franz Schubert
[23] Am Tage Aller Seelen (Litanei) D 343
[24] Dithyrambe D 801 (2. Strophe)
Herwig Reiter
[25] Misstrauensvotum
Franz Schubert
[26] Klage D 415
[27] Schweizerlied D 559
Herwig Reiter
[28] Für die Katz
Franz Schubert
[29] Dithyrambe D 801 (3. Strophe)
Zugaben:
[30] H. Reiter: Ankündigung einer Chansonette No. 8
[31] R. Schumann: Im wunderschönen Monat Mai op. 48/1 |
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