Artists
- Mary Bevansoprano
- Simon Lepperpiano
- Date
- Wed 19 Jul 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- Des Mädchens Klage D6
- Thekla: eine Geisterstimme D73
- Das Mädchen aus der Fremde D117
- Des Mädchens Klage D191
- An den Frühling D283
- Klage der Ceres D323
Interval
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- Der König in Thule D367
- Des Mädchens Klage D389
- Auf dem See D543
- An den Frühling D587
- Liebhaber in allen Gestalten D558
- Gretchens Bitte D564
- Thekla: eine Geisterstimme D595
- An den Mond D296
- Der Jüngling am Bache D638
- Suleika I D720
- Suleika II D717
Overview
Schubert discovered Schiller’s poetry in his earlyteens and was moved to create his first setting of‘Des Mädchens Klage’ soon after.
Mary Bevansurveys a selection of the composer’s Schiller songsbefore exploring works to poems by another titanof the Romantic era, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,and concluding with Schubert’s passionate evocationsof love and desire in his settings of Suleika.