Emotionally compelling Gerhaher and Huber at Wigmore Hall

Gerold Huber and Christian Gerhaher

Christian Gerhaher

By Nick Boston, 14 February 2023

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“it’s as if Gerhaher knows we know he can deliver, so why overuse it?”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 12 February 2023

Holliger, Elis: 3 Nocturnes for piano

Wolf, Abendbilder

Holliger, Lunea

Schumann, Vier Husarenlieder, Op.117

Schoeck, Elegie, Op.36

Schumann, Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op.90

Christian Gerhaher, Baritone

Gerold Huber, Piano

Gerhaher and Huber beguile in Schumann at Wigmore Hall

Mark Valencia, 16th December

In the first of four Schumann recitals, the regular duo partners treat a packed Wigmore Hall to a glorious evening of Lieder.

*****

Lords of all they purvey: Gerhaher and Huber perform Brahms

Mark Valencia, 12th December

The pleasure of Gerhaher’s comforting persona and his instinctive convergence with Huber’s pianism won over the Wigmore Hall audience – as they invariably do.

****1

Live audiences return to Wigmore Hall with Gerhaher and Huber

David Karlin, 13th September

A programme of Schubert and Berg Lieder are sung with ultimate mastery, albeit the programme goes long on melancholy and short on variety.

****1

Polished perfection: Winterreise at the Musikverein

Chanda VanderHart, 18th January

Whether one prefers more raw emotion and large-scale architecture or is thrilled by perfectly sculpted individual masterpieces, this was undeniably chamber music of the highest order.

****1

A Winterreise where the pianist leads the psychological journey

Mark Valencia, 16th January

Huber’s morbid piano here was chilling and pointed the way to a harrowing finale that never quite materialised.

****1

Gerhaher launches Oxford Lieder Festival

Roy Westbrook, 14th October

High Romance in a small Midlands town: the Oxford Lieder Festival opening concert launches an enticing series.

*****

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Emotionally compelling Lenau settings from Gerhaher and Huber at Wigmore Hall