Oxford Lieder Festival-Schubert settings of Mayrhofer

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Wolfgang Holzmair and Imogen Cooper impress at the Oxford Lieder Festival

Katy Wright, 24th October

It was by coincidence that Tuesday’s Oxford Lieder Festival concert fell on Johann Mayrhofer’s 226th birthday. The Austrian poet was second only to Goethe in the number of texts chosen by Schubert, and the programme was a selection of the composer’s settings from 1817-1824. The lieder chosen for the recital fell under two themes: songs based upon classical myth, and those inspired by nature.

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Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Heliopolis I (Im kalten, rauhen Norden) (Mayrhofer), D.753
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Philoktet (Mayrhofer), D.540
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Der entsühnte Orest (Mayrhofer), D.699
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Atys (Mayrhofer), D.585
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Freiwilliges Versinken (Mayrhofer), D.700
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Der zürnenden Diana (Mayrhofer), D.707
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Am Strome (Mayrhofer), D.539
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Wie Ulfru fischt (Mayrhofer), D.525
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Einsamkeit (Mayrhofer), D.620
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Die Sternennächte (Mayrhofer), D.670
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Trost (Hörnerklänge rufen klagend) (Mayrhofer), D.671
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Auflösung (Mayrhofer), D.807

Wolfgang Holzmair	Barítono
Dame Imogen Cooper	Piano