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Freundliche Vision: Strauss' Life in Song

From cradle to celebrity; from fame to grave

Part of the Oxford Lieder Festival 2022

Add to my Calendar 15-10-2022 11:00 15-10-2022 13:00 36 Freundliche Vision: Strauss' Life in Song 11 am – 12.15 pmPART ONE: FROM CRADLE TO CELEBRITY Break 3.15 pm – 4.30 pmPART TWO: FROM FAME TO GRAVE   Throughout his long life, Richard Strauss was the picture of bourgeois ease. Born in Munich, his childhood home was filled with music, thanks to his horn-playing father and his mother’s sister, a singer. When operatic fame arrived, song composition waned. Nonetheless, Strauss would return to song in later life and it was during that final chapter that he also rediscovered a more private world, recalling the familial comfort of childhood and the memories of his wife’s soprano voice. Cultural historian Gavin Plumley sets Strauss’s Lied output in the context of his life and times, joined by outstanding musicians from Oxford Lieder’s Young Artist Programme. Also note that between Parts One and Two of this event, soprano Sarah Wegener and pianist Götz Payer give a recital of Strauss songs, not to be missed. Full details may be found at https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/event/1431   Holywell Music Room, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Holywell Music Room
Holywell Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3SB
England

Programme

Richard Strauss – 8 Gedichte aus 'Letzte Blätter', Op.10
Richard Strauss – Vier Letzte Lieder, TrV 296
Richard Strauss – Krämerspiegel, Op.66

Performers

Gavin Plumley – Speaker
Emily Christina Loftus – soprano
George Ireland – piano
Wonsick Oh – baritone
Aron Goldin – piano

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Fenlon & Fenlon – Late Night

Programme Note

11 am – 12.15 pm
PART ONE: FROM CRADLE TO CELEBRITY

Break

3.15 pm – 4.30 pm
PART TWO: FROM FAME TO GRAVE

 

Throughout his long life, Richard Strauss was the picture of bourgeois ease. Born in Munich, his childhood home was filled with music, thanks to his horn-playing father and his mother’s sister, a singer. When operatic fame arrived, song composition waned. Nonetheless, Strauss would return to song in later life and it was during that final chapter that he also rediscovered a more private world, recalling the familial comfort of childhood and the memories of his wife’s soprano voice. Cultural historian Gavin Plumley sets Strauss’s Lied output in the context of his life and times, joined by outstanding musicians from Oxford Lieder’s Young Artist Programme.

Also note that between Parts One and Two of this event, soprano Sarah Wegener and pianist Götz Payer give a recital of Strauss songs, not to be missed. Full details may be found at https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/event/1431

 

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