Heinrich Heine. Paris. Musik.
Reading and Concert with Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu, Marina Galiç and Jens Harzer
Heinrich Heine und die Musik
A homage to one of Germany’s most famous poets, and a declaration of love for 19th century music: Heinrich Heine was a respected music critic in Paris for a while. During his exile years in France, he wrote commentaries on the music of the time – sometimes positive, sometimes damning. Many famous composers, among them Liszt, Wagner and Bellini, had a high opinion of the writer, likewise the Parisian press. Some of the composers who knew Heine personally even set his verse to music, creating songs of the utmost lyrical quality. Thus Heine became the German-language poet whose work was most often set to music – and he remains so to this day.
Performers
Benjamin Appl baritone
James Baillieu piano
Jens Harzer recitation
Marina Galic Erzählerin
Programme
Robert Schumann
Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen / aus: Liederkreis op. 24
Die beiden Grenadiere »Nach Frankreich zogen zwei Grenadier’« / from: Romanzen und Balladen, Op. 49
Richard Wagner
Les deux grenadiers
Franz Schubert
Der Doppelgänger / aus: Schwanengesang D 957
Der Atlas D 957/8 / aus: Schwanengesang D 957
Franz Liszt
Du bist wie eine Blume S 287
Die Loreley S 273/1
Clara Schumann
Sie liebten sich beide / aus: Sechs Lieder op. 13
Fanny Hensel
Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass / aus: Sechs Lieder, op. 1
Schwanenlied / aus: Sechs Lieder, op. 1
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song) / from: Six Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 34
Pauline Viardot-García
Das ist ein schlechtes Wetter
Robert Schumann
Die alten bösen Lieder / aus: Dichterliebe op. 48
Solo-Klavierstücke von Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin und Robert Schumann