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Study Event: German Song Onstage 1770 –1914

Date
Sat 13 Feb 2016, 10.00am
Duration
  • The first session starts at 10.00am and lasts for 45 minutes without an interval
  • The second session starts at 11.00am and lasts for 1 hour and 30 minutes without an interval
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    Overview

    How and why did musicians startprogramming song recitals the way theydo now?

    Join leading figures in the fieldof Lieder to explore the history of songperformance, before a recital ofSchumann’s Dichterliebe as it wouldhave been performed by his wife Clara,interleaved with solo piano works.

    Part of the Royal College of Music’sGerman Song Onstage weekend.

    Visit www.rcm.ac.uk for further details.

    Talk

    Song expert Susan Youens discusses thegreat Lieder singers of Schubert’s day.

    Workshop

    Singer-pianist duos from the Royal College ofMusic work with Christoph Prégardien andGraham Johnson, exploring how programmesfor song recitals are put together.

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