Lieder recital: Op. 48 - An evening in five sound worlds

Under the seemingly sober title "Opus 48", the Lied duo Mareike Zorko (alto) and Wan-Yen Li (piano) have put together an unusually diverse programme.
Wan-Yen Li (piano) have put together an extraordinarily diverse programme.
Bach, Brahms, Grieg, Strauss, Schönberg - five composers, five manuscripts.
A compilation from Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata BWV 48 "Ich elender Mensch, wer
will deliver me", which is of course a must on the occasion of Bach's birthday, is framed by the popular Op.
framed by Edvard Grieg's popular Op. 48 with songs such as "Zur Rosenzeit" and "Ein Traum"
as well as songs by Johannes Brahms, which show the composer in his variety of expression between
art song and folksong-like simplicity.
The interval is followed by a short but intensive excursion into the Second Viennese School with three
Arnold Schönberg: concentrated, angular, of haunting emotionality. The
five songs by Richard Strauss - late romantic sonority, radiant melodies, orchestral piano
melodies, orchestral piano accompaniment: music that, in all its sensuality, foreshadows the departure from a great song tradition.
of a great song tradition.

An event organised by the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Greifswalder Bachwoche e.V.