Matthias Goerne / Christian Schmitt
Organ Concerto with Song
When two of the best-known artists of their generation join forces, the result is often something special. And the combination of lieder and organ is nothing if not unusual. Matthias Goerne is a celebrated lieder singer, while Christian Schmitt is a brilliant organist. In this concert he accompanies Goerne on the organ in lieder of the Romantic era, the golden age of the German art song.
Names like Wolf, Brahms and Reger stand with good reason for gems of lieder culture. The organ building and organ music of the Romantic period in turn were marked by a spirit of change, with the dynamic and technical limits of the instrument being redefined. But the modern organ at the Elbphilharmonie will certainly be able to cope when Christian Schmitt tests its limits.
Performers
Matthias Goerne baritone
Christian Schmitt organ
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wacht auf, ihr Adern und ihr Glieder / aus der Kantate »Unser Mund sei voll Lachens« BWV 110
Hugo Wolf
Spanisches Liederbuch (Auswahl)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 661a
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 659a
Max Reger
Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern op. 105/1
Meine Seele ist still zu Gott op. 105/2
Hugo Wolf
Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo
Heinrich Schütz
O Jesu, nomen dulce SWV 308 / aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte mit 1-5 Stimmen
César Franck
Choral Nr. 3 a-Moll FWV 40
Johannes Brahms
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
Encore:
Hugo Wolf
Anakreons Grab / aus: Gedichte von Goethe Nr. 29 (Bearbeitung für Bariton und Orgel von Christian Schmitt)
Series
The Elbphilharmonie Organ