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Schubert
Christiane Karg soprano; Graham Johnson piano
Date
Sat 28 Nov 2015, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Christiane Kargsoprano
  • Graham Johnsonpiano

Programme

  • Franz Schubert
    1797-1828
      • Gretchen am Spinnrade D118
      • Nachtgesang D119
      • Das Geheimnis D250
      • Das Mädchen aus der Fremde D252
      • Entzückung an Laura D390
      • Elysium D584
      • Thekla: eine Geisterstimme D595
      • Hoffnung D637
      • Strophe aus Die Götter Griechenlands D677

Interval

  • Franz Schubert
    1797-1828
      • Ihr Grab D736
      • Der Wachtelschlag D742
      • Die Rose D745
      • Die Liebe hat gelogen D751
      • Du liebst mich nicht D756
      • Auf dem Wasser zu singen D774
      • Die Mutter Erde D788
      • Vergissmeinnicht D792

Encore

Overview

Christiane Karg and Graham Johnson confrontthe polarities of hope and despair, pleasure andpain, love and loss in this programme, openingwith Schubert’s haunting setting of Gretchen’sspinning-song from the first part of Goethe’s Faust.

Their programme explores Schubert’s heightenedcreativity around the time of his serious illness in1823, framed by songs such as ‘Die Liebe hatgelogen’ and ‘Vergissmeinnicht’.

Voices at Wigmore
Supporting Schubert: The Complete Songs 2015/16 and 2016/17

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