Lied und Lyrik: Hölderlin Settings by Eisler, Ullmann, Britten, and others
Until the beginning of the 20th century, few composers engaged with the works of Friedrich Hölderlin— it almost seems as if music had to shed tonality and for mal restraints to come to terms with the expressive power of the poet’s language.
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JULIUS DRAKE & KATRĪNA PAULA FELSBERGA
In this Lied und Lyrik program, Katrīna Paula Felsberga and Julius Drake explore the wideranging musical afterlife of Hölderlin in the “free future century” he envisioned in his 1806 Hymn to Freedom.
The texts will be heard in musical settings and readings.
Friedrich Hölderlin - Selected Poems and Texts, Reading in German
Settings by Peter Cornelius, Hans Pfitzner, Paul Hindemith, Hanns Eisler, Viktor Ullmann, Benjamin Britten
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Participating artists
Katrīna Paula Felsberga
Julius Drake
Burghart Klaußner
Dates
May 2025
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