Brahms: Three Song Recitals – Mathis, Fassbaender, Schreier, McDaniel, Engel, Medjimorec

About this event

Johannes Brahms is perhaps best-known for his great symphonies, concertos and his German Requiem, in which he managed, more than any other composer, to fuse the intellectual clarity of thought of the classical composers with the emotional outpourings of the Romantic period. He also dedicated himself to the writing of songs, particularly part-songs, with the earnestness that characterises his finest works. The pieces performed in these three programmes bear witness to the tremendous care Brahms took over the composition of these charming and simple settings.

Programme

1. Concert – approx. 80 minutes

Repertoire

1. Johannes Brahms: selected songs from Liebeslieder Waltzes op. 52 with soloists Edith Mathis (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Peter Schreier, (tenor) and Barry McDaniel (bass), accompanied on the piano by Karl Engel and Heinz Medjimorec.

2. Johannes Brahms: selected songs from Deutsche Volkslieder WoO 33 with soloists Edith Mathis (soprano) and Peter Schreier (tenor) accompanied on the piano by Karl Engel.

3. Johannes Brahms: Volks-Kinderlieder (Children's Folk Songs) WoO 31 Soloist Edith Mathis (soprano) is accompanied on the piano by Karl Engel.