Lied und Lyrik: Lord Byron
"Mad, bad, and dangerous to know" – this is how one of his many lovers described the poet George Gordon Byron. In the early 19th century, the scandal-ridden lord not only caused a stir with his dissolute love life, but also challenged the moral conventions of his time with his rebellious lifestyle.
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KIERAN CARREL
So-called "Byronism" quickly spread throughout Europe and inspired artists from a wide variety of disciplines – not least to numerous musical settings of his works.
Tenor Kieran Carrel and pianist Julius Drake present a selection of these musical responses. The renowned theater and film actress Dame Harriet Walter, who already appeared in a "Song and Poetry" evening in 2024, will read from Byron's poems and letters.
PROGRAM
- Selected poems and texts, readings in English
- Settings by Carl Loewe, Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Charles Gounod, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Roger Quilter, Germaine Tailleferre, and others
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Participating artists
Kieran Carrel
Julius Drake
Dame Harriet Walter
Dates
October 2025
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