"I'm in love with Vienna": Renée Fleming and friends at Carnegie Hall

By David Allen, 07 May 2013

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 4 May 2013

Strauss R., Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op.67

Brahms, Ophelia Lieder (Ophelia Songs)

Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op.4

Wagner, Wesendonck Lieder: Im Treibhaus

Wagner, Wesendonck Lieder: Träume

Brahms, 6 Pieces for Piano: Intermezzo in A minor, Op.118 no.1

Brahms, 6 Pieces for Piano: Intermezzo in A major, Op.118 no.2

Weigl, 5 Songs for soprano and string quartet, Op.40 ("Trost" and "Regenlied")

Wellesz, Sonnette der Elisabeth Barrett-Browning, Op.52b (no.5, "Mir scheint, das Angesicht der Welt verging")

Webern, 3 Pieces for string quartet (and soprano)

Zeisl, Mondbild: no. 1, Der Mond steht da

Zeisl, Komm süsser Tod

Schoenberg, Brettl-Lieder (Cabaret Songs) ("Galathea" and "Gigerlette")

Renée Fleming, Soprano, Presenter

Jeremy Denk, Piano

Emerson String Quartet

Eugene Drucker, Violin

Philip Setzer, Violin

Lawrence Dutton, Viola

David Finckel, Cello

Paul Neubauer, Viola

Colin Carr, Cello

Renée Fleming and friends bid adieu to the Emerson String Quartet

Sam Jacobson, 15th October

In one of their final performances, the Emerson String Quartet comes to Cleveland to present André Previn’s Penelope, featuring Renée Fleming and other special guests.

***11

The Emerson Quartet begins its last series at Lincoln Center

Edward Sava-Segal, 23rd April

In the first leg of a chronological traversal of the string quartet repertoire, the Emersons were on top form.

****1

The Emerson Quartet bid a bleak farewell to London

Stephen Pritchard, 9th November

An elegiac farewell as the Emerson String Quartet – retiring next year – close their Shostakovich cycle at the Southbank Centre.

*****

The shadows of this life: the Emerson Quartet on tour in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 7th September

A disappointing outing for the Emerson String Quartet in the first Sydney concert of their eight-city tour of Australia.

**111

White-hot intensity from the Emerson Quartet at Milton Court

Mark Pullinger, 8th November

From the claustrophobic intensity of Britten and Shostakovich to the sunny balm of Beethoven, this was an excellent recital.

****1

Evgeny Kissin and the Emerson Quartet at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 27th April

There was a palpable sense of communion during a performance bringing these great musicians together at Carnegie Hall for the first time.

****1

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David Allen

David is a PhD student at Columbia University, where he studies international history. A lapsed pianist and organist, he writes on concerts on both sides of the Atlantic, and blogs at Unpredictable Inevitability.