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Memories

La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall5, Place de la Monnaie, Brussels, Brussels Capital, 1000, Belgium
Dates/times in Brussels time zone
Sunday 05 October 202517:00
Programme
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Neue deutsche Volkslieder: Die alten Weisen
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Wiener Lied
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)The Hollywood Songbook: Der Kirschdieb
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Der Pflaumenbaum
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Zeitungsausschnitte, Op.11: Frühlingsrede an einen Baum im Hinterhaushof
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Der Graben
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Ballade von der Krüppelgarde
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Die haltbare Graugans
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Zeitungsausschnitte, Op.11: Mariechen
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Zeitungsausschnitte, Op.11: Liebeslied eines Grundbesitzers
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Spruch 1939
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Elegie I: In die Städte kam ich...
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)The Hollywood Songbook: Hotelzimmer 1942
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Lied einer Deutschen Mutter
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)The Hollywood Songbook: Erinnerung an Eichendorff und Schumann
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Und ich werde nicht mehr sehen
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Anmut sparet nicht noch Mühe
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe, Op.45: Die Ballade vom Wasserrad
Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)Neue deutsche Volkslieder: Deutschland
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)Der Lindenbaum, D.911e
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)Kriegers Ahnung, D.957b
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)Lieder und Gesänge: Erinnerung (Memory)
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Revelge
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lob des hohen Verstandes
Ives, Charles (1874-1954)My father’s song
Ives, Charles (1874-1954)Songs my mother taught me, S. 361 (K. 6B21c)
Ives, Charles (1874-1954)In Flanders Fields
Ives, Charles (1874-1954)Memories
Pfitzner, Hans (1869-1949)Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam, WoO.12
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)Mörike-Lieder, no. 53: Abschied
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)Mörike-Lieder, no. 37: Heimweh
Killmayer, Wilhelm (1927-2017)Heine-Lieder: Ja freilich, du bist mein ideal
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)In Der Fremde, Op.39 no.1
Performers
Christoph PrégardienTenor
Stefan LitwinPiano

Between nostalgia and irony: memories by Schubert, Eisler, Mahler, Schumann and Wolf

Everything passes, nothing stays the same. Sometimes it seems as if all we can do is cast a nostalgic look back. And in truth, looking back at what has passed is a recurrent theme in the German lied tradition, imbued as it is with melancholy.

German tenor Christoph Prégardien is well versed in this tradition. Remember his earlier performances at La Monnaie of Hans Zender’s Winterreise, Mozart’s Abendempfindung, Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch. With the programme Memories, he now presents a selection of German lieder from different periods, his intelligent musicality manifesting itself in a sensitive dramaturgy, the culmination of a rich career. Recalled memories are at times accompanied by nostalgia, and grating irony more than once gives way to loss and mourning. Christoph Prégardien will be accompanied by pianist Stefan Litwin, who with Memories will take his first steps on our stage.

Start ticket sale 26.6.2025

Ticket prices from € 12 to € 48
-30 years old: € 10 / € 25
-15 years old: Free (if accompanied by an adult)

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