Günther Groissböck & Malcolm Martineau
Take a journey through some of the greatest Lieder ever composed, in the company of two absolute masters of the art form.
Austrian bass Günther Groissböck and Scottish pianist Malcolm Martineau join forces for a recital of Austro-German song. The regular collaborators are celebrated as among the finest interpreters of German song, or ‘Lieder’, in the world. They perform music by great Lieder composers including Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf. The concert includes rarely heard songs by Hans Rott, a composer admired by Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner – both of whom are also featured in the programme.
Together, Groissböck and Martineau have created a recital embracing a range of themes, taking the audience on an exhilarating musical journey. Knights and kings populate songs by Schumann and Rott, and Bruckner leads us through the seasons from the freshness of spring to wistful autumn. The second half of the programme is devoted to late-Romantic Lieder, from Strauss’s ecstatic vocal writing and radiant harmonies to Mahler’s extraordinary Wunderhorn settings, culminating in the heavenly vision of ‘Urlicht’.
music making on an exalted level
Supported by Tanya and David Parker
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Günther Groissböck Bass
Malcolm Martineau Piano
Programme:
Schumann Blondels Lied, op. 53/1
Schumann Die feindlichen Brüder, op. 49/2
Schumann Belsazar, op. 57
Schumann Die beiden Grenadiere, op. 49/1
Rott Der Sänger (1880)
Rott Geistesgruß (ca 1876-77)
Rott Wandrers Nachtlied (1876)
Bruckner Im April WAB 75
Bruckner Herbstkummer WAB 72
Bruckner Mein Herz und deine Stimme WAB 79
Wolf Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo (1897)
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Strauss Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27, Nr. 3
Strauss Zueignung, Op. 10, Nr. 1
Strauss Allerseelen, Op. 10, Nr. 8
Strauss Befreit, Op. 39, Nr. 4
Mahler Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn:
- Nicht wiedersehen
- Revelge
- Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz
- Der Tamboursg’sell
- Urlicht
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