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Komponist | Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903) |
Periode | Romantik |
Gattung | Vokalmusik |
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In the footsteps of Hafez: exploring Persian poetry at Oxford Lieder
A deep-dive into the world of 14th-century Persian poet, Hafez, and his influence on song across the centuries.
Simon Keenlyside and Malcolm Martineau at the Wigmore Hall
Centered around the later, lesser-known composers of art song, tonight’s programme started with a first half of melancholy Hugo Wolf Lieder. Both Schubert and Schumann wrote settings of Goethe’s unhappy Harfenspieler, but evidently Wolf was unsatisfied, as, on principle, he avoided setting texts which he thought had been successfully treated before.