Liederabend LXIII: Wolf and Mörike | Selections from Wolf's Mörike Liederbuch

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The Liederabend—literally, "evening of song"—dates back to the 1800s, when musicians and lovers of music would gather at someone's home, and one or more singers and a pianist would perform the songs of composers of the day. In the field of classical music, these songs are referred to as "art songs," and the German art songs are called "Lieder." In Germany, the great age of song came in the 19th century. German and Austrian composers had written music for voice with keyboard before this time, but it was with the flowering of German literature in the Classical and Romantic eras that composers found high inspiration in great poetry, sparking the genre known as the "Lied."

The tradition of the art song composition continues today, with composers from all corners of the world setting poetry in many languages, scored for voice and piano. The NEC Liederabend series presents songs in a variety of languages—not only German—dating from the 19th century up to the present day.

Tonight's program, coached by Cameron Stowe and Tanya Blaich, will comprise a selection of songs from Wolf’s masterpiece, Mörike Liederbuch, settings of poems by Eduard Mörike.
 

This is an in-person event with a private stream available to the NEC community here: https://necmusic.edu/live.

  1. THE POET-PASTOR

    Fußreise
          Benedict Hensley, baritone
          Sepehr Davalloukhoungar, piano

    Gebet
              Olivia Sheehy, mezzo-soprano
          Pualina Lim, piano

    Auf ein altes Bild
          Jimin Park, soprano
          Pei-Hsuan Shen, piano

  2. THE POET IN LOVE

    Der Knabe und das Immlein
    Das verlassene Mägdelein
          Mara Riley, soprano
          Jamie Lorusso, piano

    Peregrina I, II
          Ilhee Lee, tenor
          Shalun Li, piano

    Lied vom Winde                                                 
              Josie Larsen, soprano
          Sujin Choi, piano

  3. THE POET AND NATURE

    Um Mitternacht
              Benedict Hensley, baritone
          Sepehr Davalloukhoungar, piano

    Im Frühling                                                         
              Mara Riley, soprano
          Jamie Lorusso, piano

    Er ist’s
          Josie Larsen, soprano
          Sujin Choi, piano

  4. INTERLUDE

    Der Feuerreiter
              Libang Wang, baritone
          Andrew Barnwell, piano

  5. THE POET AND HIS MUSE

    Auf einer Wanderung
              Olivia Sheehy, mezzo-soprano
          Pualina Lim, piano

    Verborgenheit
          Josie Larsen, soprano
          Sujin Choi, piano

    Zur Warnung
              Benedict Hensley, baritone
          Sepehr Davalloukhoungar, piano

  6. THE POET AND DESIRE

    Begegnung
          Olivia Sheehy, mezzo-soprano
          Pualina Lim, piano

    Der Gärtner
          Libang Wang, baritone
          Andrew Barnwell, piano

    Erstes Liebeslied eines Mädchens
    Nimmersatte Liebe
          Jimin Park, soprano
          Pei-Hsuan Shen, piano

  7. ENCORE/FAREWELL

    Abschied
          Ilhee Lee, tenor
          Shalun Li, piano

     

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