Hans Werner Henze, Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake joined by six songs, Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen. We can listen to the last one, Das Paradies.
A pitch-black forest. A man riding frantically, his little one held tight. Is the boy ill? Is the man seeking help? Is he running away from someone, or something? What are these muffled noises, these eerie half seen silhouettes? The boy is frightened. Is he feeling something or is his feverish imagination playing tricks on him? Gerald Finley and Julius Drake guide us through this terrifying journey...
Next Monday is the 184th anniversary of Franz Schubert's death. These are my five reasons to love him, although each of his songs is a good reason. For instance, Abendstern, performed by Anthony Rolfe-Johnson and Graham Johnson.
This week we can listen to the unforgettable contralto Kathleen Ferrier singing the fourth song of the Kindertotenlieder by Gustav Mahler, Oft denk'ich sie sind nur ausgegangen.
The sadness of loneliness. The last song written by Tchaikovsky, Again, as before, alone performed by Georgy Nelepp and Matvei Sakharov.
We talked about the composers...
and about the poets...
They sang...
and were accompanied by...
