Hampson and Rieger in songs of love and loss

By Chanda VanderHart, 28 February 2016

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 26 February 2016

Liszt, Im Rhein, im schönen Strome, S 272

Liszt, Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen, S 311

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

Liszt, Ihr Auge S 310

Liszt, Es rauschen die Winde, S 294

Liszt, Die drei Zigeuner, S 320

Meyerbeer, Menschenfeindlich

Meyerbeer, Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne

Rossini, Péchés de vieillesse Vol I, no. 4: L'ultimo ricordo

Massenet, Les Yeux Clos

Chausson, Les temps de lilas

Chausson, Le chevalier Malheur

Saint-Saëns, Le pas d'arme du roi Jean

Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre

Mahler, Frühlingsmorgen (Spring morning)

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald

Mahler, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Aus! Aus!

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Nicht wiedersehen!

Dvořák, Cigánské melodie (Gypsy Songs) on poems by A. Heyduk, Op.55

Dvořák, Darf des Falken Schwingen, Zigeunermelodien

Mahler, Lieder und Gesänge: Erinnerung (Memory)

Thomas Hampson, Baritone

Wolfram Rieger, Piano

Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 15th April

Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.

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Thomas Hampson gives an outstanding recital in Schubert Week

Linda Holt, 20th January

Thomas Hampson and Wolfram Rieger perform a selection of Lieder by Schubert and others during Schubert Week in Berlin.

*****

A consummate storyteller: Thomas Hampson sings Schubert

Zenaida des Aubris, 21st January

A whole week dedicated to Schubert Lieder at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, kicks off with a recital with ambitious repertoire.

*****

Luca Pisaroni: Evolution of the Lied

Jenny Camilleri, 10th October

Bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, in splendid voice and with great eloquence, traces the development of the Lied from Mozart to Schubert at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam.

****1

Harteros and Rieger breeze through a “Solistenabend" of Wolf and Strauss at the Staatsoper

Chanda VanderHart, 14th May

The duo toss off three encores before breezing off into the night, sending their audience off to their beds, already completely and utterly satisfied.

****1

Luca Pisaroni in Amsterdam

Nicolas Nguyen, 17th December

In Amsterdam, the Italian opera singer Luca Pisaroni proves he is an outstanding interpreter of Lieder by Liszt.

****1

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.

Hampson and Rieger in songs of love and loss at the Konzerthaus, Vienna