Liederabend LXIII: Wolf and Mörike | Selections from Wolf's Mörike Liederbuch
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.
THE POET-PASTOR
Fußreise
Benedict Hensley, baritone
Sepehr Davalloukhoungar, pianoGebet
Olivia Sheehy, mezzo-soprano
Pualina Lim, piano
Auf ein altes Bild
Jimin Park, soprano
Pei-Hsuan Shen, pianoTHE 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, pianoTHE 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, pianoINTERLUDE
Der Feuerreiter
Libang Wang, baritone
Andrew Barnwell, pianoTHE 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, pianoTHE 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, pianoENCORE/FAREWELL
Abschied
Ilhee Lee, tenor
Shalun Li, piano