Boesch and Quasthoff dissect the poet's soul

By Jenny Camilleri, 25 February 2016

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“if there is one thing his chocolate ganache voice can summon up, it is dread”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam on 23 February 2016

Schumann, Der arme Peter, Op.53 no.3

Schubert, Ihr Bild, D.957i

Schubert, Der Doppelgänger, D.957m

Schubert, Der Atlas, D.957h

Liszt, Vergiftet sind meine Lieder (My songs are poisoned), S 289

Liszt, Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam, S 309

Liszt, Die Lorelei, S 273

Schumann, Es leuchtet meine Liebe, Op.127 no.3

Schumann, Belsazar, Op.57

Schumann, Dein Angesicht, Op.127 no.2

Schumann, Myrthen: Du bist wie eine Blume, Op.25 no.24

Schumann, Myrthen: Die Lotosblume, Op.25 no.7

Schumann, Liederkreis, Op.24

Thomas Quasthoff, Speaker

Florian Boesch, Baritone

Justus Zeyen, Piano

Michael Schade seduces and sways

Jenny Camilleri, 4th November

Canadian tenor Michael Schade confirmed his undisputed Mozartian credentials and brought vivid intensity to songs by Strauss at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

***11

Michael Schade and Justus Zeyen in Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 13th February

Michael Schade and Justus Zeyen perform songs by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Josef Marx, Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf in Vienna's Konzerthaus.

***11

Emoción y empatía en el Winterreise del Ciclo de Lied

David Santana Cañas, 25th January

El dominio de los matices de Florian Boesch y la delicadeza de Justus Zeyen llenan de emoción el Ciclo de Lied del CNDM con el Winterreise de Schubert.

****1

La musicalidad de las palabras

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 3rd June

El XXV Ciclo de Lied cerró con un programa representativo en lo que a este repertorio se refiere: Schubert, Schumann, Brahms o Wolf, en una velada que se articuló a través de la alternancia de lieder, dúos, melodramas y poesías recitadas con Thomas Quasthoff, Michael Schade y Florian Boesch.

*****

Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy

Mengguang Huang, 23rd January

Guth’s Semele turns myth into a contemporary domestic drama, where desire becomes obsession and illusion consumes reality. Handel’s music remains the true engine, driven by a thrilling, physically intense ensemble.

****1

Love's loss lamented: Boesch and Martineau in Edinburgh

Roy Westbrook, 15th August

A traditional Lieder programme at the Edinburgh International Festival brings songs concerned with love, celebrating its joys but more often lamenting its loss and its pains.

****1

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.

Boesch and Quasthoff dissect the poet's soul at the Concertgebouw