Songs of War and Peace
“History teaches people that history teaches people nothing.” Mahatma Gandhi’s famous saying is the point of departure for an unusual song recital with Marie Seidler and Wolfram Rieger. In a highly personal and topical program, the mezzo-soprano—previously heard during several of the Pierre Boulez Saal’s Schubert Weeks—and her piano partner tell stories of war, death, and loss, but also of hope, through songs of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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WOLFRAM RIEGER & MARIE SEIDLER
- Modest Mussorgsky - The Field Marshal (from Songs and Dances of Death)
- Gustav Mahler - Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
- Gustav Mahler - Das irdische Leben (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
- Gustav Mahler - Nicht wiedersehen (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
- Gustav Mahler - Urlicht (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
- Francis Poulenc - Priez pour paixFrancis Poulenc - Bleuet
- Henri Duparc - Au pays où se fait la guerre
- Maurice Ravel - Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis (from Trois Chansons)Charles Ives - Tom Sails Away
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- Charles Ives - In Flanders Fields
- Samuel Barber - I Hear an ArmyEthel Smyth - The Clown
- Lori Laitman - She DiedHanns Eisler - Kriegslied eines Kindes
- Hanns Eisler - Ändere die Welt, sie braucht es Hanns Eisler - Der Graben Kurt Weill - Barbara-Song (from the Three Penny Opera)
- Kurt Weill - Surabaya-Johnny (from Happy End)
- Barbara - Göttingen
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Participating artists
Marie Seidler
Wolfram Rieger
