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Goethe: His Faustian Life

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A.N. Wilson Book Launch
Goethe: His Faustian Life
Programme & Song Text
Date
Fri 20 Sep 2024, 7.00pm
Tickets
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Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Availability

Artists

  • A.N. Wilsonspeaker
  • Graham Johnsonpiano
  • Sir Stephen Houghpiano
  • Manon Ogwen Parrysoprano
  • Emily Sierramezzo-soprano
  • Sebastian Hilltenor
  • Tomas Kildišiusbaritone
  • Professor Judith Wolfespeaker
  • Neil MacGregor OM AOspeaker

Programme

Introduction from A.N. Wilson
  • Hugo Wolf
    1860-1903
      • Gretchen vor dem Andachtsbild der Mater Dolorosa
  • Richard Wagner
    1813-1883
      • Was machst du mir vor Liebchens Tür? Op. 5 No. 5
  • Carl Loewe
    1796-1869
      • Lynceus, der Türmer, auf Fausts Sternwarte singend Op. 9

Interval

Panel discussion with A.N. Wilson, Professor Judith Wolfe and Neil MacGregor OM AO

Overview

This event sees the launch of Goethe: His Faustian Life (Bloomsbury Continuum), the new book by a leading literary figure of our time whose wide range has already taken in studies of Milton, Tolstoy, Dickens, CS Lewis and Iris Murdoch. A.N. Wilson now turns his attention to one of the giants of German literature and to what is surely Goethe’s greatest and most influential creation – known to music lovers from the innumerable song settings, operas, choral works and programmatic pieces it has inspired.

To read more of A.N. Wilson’s latest work, please visit anwilson.substack.com​

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