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BBC Proms 2014 Chamber Music 5
R. Strauss & Wolf Songs
Part of the Proms 2015 Series
Add to my Calendar 18-08-2014 13:00 18-08-2014 15:00 36 BBC Proms 2014 Chamber Music 5 Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote returns to Cadogan Hall for a recital with pianist Julius Drake. Her programme of German songs includes Strausss Eight Poems from ‘Letzte Blätter’ ' some of the very earliest and loveliest of the 200 or so songs he composed over his lifetime. Dedicated to his wife Pauline and a gift to her on their wedding day, the Op. 27 Lieder are also among Strausss most heartfelt. For Wolf, inspiration came more from literature: poems by the gentle pastoralist Mörike and the philosopher of emotion Goethe inspired him to some of his most expressive musical extremes. Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
Richard Strauss – Eight songs from Letzte Blätter
Cornelis de Wolf – Mörike Lieder - Denk es, o Seele!
Cornelis de Wolf – Um Mitternacht
Cornelis de Wolf – Begegnung
Cornelis de Wolf – Nimmersatte
Cornelis de Wolf – Verbogenheit
Cornelis de Wolf – Seufzer
Cornelis de Wolf – Goethe Lieder - Frech und Froh I
Cornelis de Wolf – Frech und Froh II
Cornelis de Wolf – Beherzigung
Richard Strauss – Four Songs, Op.27: Nos. 1, 3 & 4
Performers
Alice Coote – mezzo-soprano
Julius Drake – piano
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Programme Note
Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote returns to Cadogan Hall for a recital with pianist Julius Drake. Her programme of German songs includes Strausss Eight Poems from ‘Letzte Blätter’ ' some of the very earliest and loveliest of the 200 or so songs he composed over his lifetime. Dedicated to his wife Pauline and a gift to her on their wedding day, the Op. 27 Lieder are also among Strausss most heartfelt.
For Wolf, inspiration came more from literature: poems by the gentle pastoralist Mörike and the philosopher of emotion Goethe inspired him to some of his most expressive musical extremes.