Scandinavian & Austrian Art Song

Details

Hintzsche & Roberts Duo full profile / voice, piano / 2 musicians

Other players: Harrison Hintzsche, Cade Roberts

Full program notes

JEAN SIBELIUS
Sanfter Westwind, op. 74/2*
Diamanten på marssnön, op. 36/6
Soluppgång, op. 37/3

WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Lutad mot gärdet, op. 8/1
Vid fönstret, op. 20/2
Gammal Nederländare, op. 20/3

HUGO WOLF
Ach, im Maien war's
Anakreons Grab
Der Rattenfänger

ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Waldseligkeit, op. 9/2*

HUGO WOLF
An die Geliebte

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Nachtstück, D. 672
Tiefes Leid, D. 876
Auf der Bruck, D. 853
Allegretto in C minor, D. 915*
Memnon, D. 541
Die Sterne, D. 684

*Note works for solo piano

Historical context

In this program, baritone Harrison Hintzsche traces the art of the Romantic song tradition in Scandinavia and Vienna—singing in Swedish, and German—over the course of the 19th and into the early 20th century. The link between these different cultural sensibilities is two Scandinavian cosmopolitans—Jean Sibelius and Wilhelm Stenhammar, who set German texts and their native Swedish with remarkable confidence and originality. Following a selection of Swedish songs, the remainder of the program will focus on songs by Schubert and Wolf - the greatest two contributors to the German art song tradition. Hintzsche is joined by pianist Cade Roberts, who additionally will present solo keyboard works by Sibelius, Schubert and Zemlinsky, all of whom left rich legacies to this genre.

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