Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber

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Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Holliger, Heinz (b. 1939)	Elis: 3 Nocturnes for piano
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)	Abendbilder
Holliger, Heinz (b. 1939)	Lunea
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	Vier Husarenlieder, Op.117
Schoeck, Othmar (1886-1957)	Elegie, Op.36
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op.90

Performers

Christian Gerhaher	Baritone
Gerold Huber	Piano

A Lieder duo with few peers offers a tribute to the Austrian poet Nikolaus Lenau (1802-50). As well as works from the Romantic period, they include recent settings by the leading Swiss oboist, conductor and prolific composer Heinz Holliger, who wrote his ‘24 Sentences by Nikolaus Lenau’ in 2009-12; tonight’s performers gave the work its première in Zurich in 2013.

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Emotionally compelling Gerhaher and Huber at Wigmore Hall

Nick Boston, 14th February

The German baritone and his frequent recital collaborator perform tragic evocations of insanity in Lenau settings with intense impact.

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