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Liederabend voller Lebensabende: Christian Gerhaher bei den Festspielen in München

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Reviewed at Prinzregententheater, Munich on 29 July 2019
Britten, If music be the food of love
Britten, A Morning Hymn
Britten, Job's Curse
Britten, Alleluia
Brahms, Sehnsucht (Longing), Op.14 no.8
Brahms, Vor dem Fenster (Outside the Window), Op.14 no.1
Brahms, Vom verwundeten Knaben (About the Wounded Boy), Op.14 no.2
Brahms, Der Gang zum Liebchen (Visiting His Sweetheart), Op.48 no.1
Brahms, Der Überläufer (The Turncoat), Op.48 no.2
Brahms, Vergangen ist mir Glück und Heil (I Have Lost Happiness and Well-Being), Op.48 no.6
Mussorgsky, Songs and Dances of Death
Britten, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for baritone and piano, Op.74
Brahms, Meerfahrt, Op.96 no.4
Brahms, Anklänge (Reminiscences), Op.7 no.3
Brahms, Verzagen (Despondency), Op.72 no.4
Brahms, Über die Heide (Over the Heath), Op.86 no.4
Brahms, An eine Aeolsharfe (To an Aeolian Harp), Op.19 no.5
Brahms, Die Kränze (The Wreaths), Op.46 no.1
Brahms, Todessehnen (Longing For Death), Op.86 no.6
Christian Gerhaher, Baritone
Gerold Huber, Piano
Gerhaher and Huber beguile in Schumann at Wigmore Hall
*****
Emotionally compelling Gerhaher and Huber at Wigmore Hall
*****
Lords of all they purvey: Gerhaher and Huber perform Brahms
****1
Live audiences return to Wigmore Hall with Gerhaher and Huber
****1
Polished perfection: Winterreise at the Musikverein
****1
A Winterreise where the pianist leads the psychological journey
****1
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