Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Aneglika Kirchschlager,
mezzo-soprano
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano

Wolf: Spanisches Liederbuch: Geistliche Lieder

Wolf: Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder

After hearing both artists in solo recitals last season -- PCMS unites these two singers in recital featuring the lucid, wide-ranging collection of songs from Hugo Wolf's spiritual and secularSpanish Songbook. Composed in 1889-90, Hugo Wolf's Spanish Songbook represents not just one of the peaks of his own work but is a highlight… Show more of the entire lieder repertoire. Working at the top of his game, the Austrian song specialist channeled extraordinary variety intothese German translations of (mainly) anonymous Spanish poetry, the first 10 labeled spiritual songs, theremaining items secular. Each one defines an emotional mood with precision and refinement. Britain'sOpera Todaysaid of this duo's performance of Hugo Wolf's treatment of 16th- and 17th-century Spanish poems: 'Ian Bostridge and Angelika Kirchschlager revealed the profound emotional intensity of Wolf's art; the concentrated ardour of their performance intimated the heightened passion and expressive angst which, as well as driving Wolf's creative spirit, also led to persistent depression and resulted in insanity and finally death in a mental asylum at the age of 42.'

6:45pm - 7:30pm: Free Pre-concert Lecture in the Comcast Circle (Tier I) with Christine Anderson

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