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Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch's European tour reaches Berlin with a heart-on-sleeve programme of Lieder by Strauss and Mahler. 

From introspective Mahler to flowing Schumann, Claudio Abbado is remembered at a concert with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Dresden's Frauenkirche.

Marian Anderson, the famed African-American contralto, once remarked of Kathleen Ferrier, “My God, what a voice – and what a face!” This concert was a Centenary Celebration of Ferrier’s art at the Wigmore Hall, and I reflected (not for the first time) how aptly Anderson’s words could also apply to Alice Coote, the evening’s distinguished soloist.

The baritone Thomas Hampson is a popular figure at the Salzburg Festival, having appeared there regularly since 1988, and at his Lieder recital with pianist Wolfram Rieger at the Haus der Mozart, one sensed a warm rapport between him and the audience. His programme consisted of Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 39, Dvořák’s Zigeunermelodien and Mahler’s songs based on the text of Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

Dans des lieder de Gustav Mahler et Richard Strauss, les deux chanteurs se sont montrés complices, quitte à faire disparaître la part de tristesse et de mélancolie propre à cet univers poétique.

Christian Gerhaher y Gerold Huber transitaron por despedidas, desencuentros y desesperación en una cuidada selección de lieder de Mahler. Ambos intérpretes, profundamente compenetrados, ofrecieron un bellísimo recital como parte del Ciclo de Lied.

Christoph Spering und sein Neues Orchester präsentieren ein wackeliges „historisches“ Festkonzert bei Simmern5.