Romanticism's Last Stand
Live from the Barbican. Edward Gardner and the Â鶹Éç SO in Schoenberg and Oskar Fried's responses to Dehmel's poem Transfigured Night with singers Stuart Skelton and Christine Rice.
In the last decade of the nineteenth century, musical Romanticism was breathing its last, reaching heights of passion that would deliver some of the most moving music in history. Written two years apart, both Arnold Schoenberg and Oskar Fried’s responses to Richard Dehmel's well-known poem on love’s power to transform and transcend share a lusciousness and warmth that could only have come from 1890s Vienna. That was the time and place where Schoenberg met his hero, Johannes Brahms, and soon decided to rework a Brahms piano quartet known for its good-natured energy and drive.
Lehár’s Tone Poem Fieber for tenor and orchestra, written during World War I, sets words by Erwin Weill describing the hallucinations of a dying soldier. Tenor Stuart Skelton makes a welcome return to the Â鶹Éç SO to perform this extraordinary and heart-rending delve into Romanticism’s last stand. Edward Gardner conducts.
Presented by Martin Handley
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Oskar Fried: Verklärte Nacht, Op.9*#
Franz Lehár: Fieber#
8.30
Interval
Franz Schreker: Der Wind
Stefan Arzberger (violin)
Matthias Moosdorf (cello)
Marco Thomas (clarinet)
Clemens Roger (horn)
Olga Gollej (piano)
Zemlinsky: Albumblatt (Albumleaf)
Silke Avenhaus (piano)
Zemlinksy: String Quintet in D Minor o.O 2nd movement prestissimo
Bartholdy Quintet
8.50
Part 2
Brahms arr. Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor
Christine Rice (Mezzo-soprano)*
Stuart Skelton (Tenor)*#
Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (Conductor)
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Arnold Schoenberg
Verklarte Nacht
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Oskar Fried
Verklarte Nacht
Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Stuart Skelton. Conductor: Edward Gardner. -
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Franz Lehár
Fieber
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Franz Schreker
Der Wind
Performer: Stefan Arzberger. Performer: Matthias Moosdorf. Performer: Marco Thomas. Performer: Clemens Roger. Performer: Olga Gollej.- MDG.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No.1 in G Minor Op.25
Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. -
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Teresa Carreño
La Corbeille de Feurs, Op.9
Performer: Clara Rodriguez.- Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
- Nimbus.
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Teresa Carreño
Un bal en rêve
Performer: Clara Rodriguez.- Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
- Nimbus.
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Teresa Carreño
La Fausse Note Op.39
Performer: Clara Rodriguez.- Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
- Nimbus.
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- Fri 13 Mar 2020 19:30Â鶹Éç Radio 3
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