Forest of Lieder “Singen und Singen – Poetry and Song -”
Vol. 3 Youngsil Park × Toshiki Tsumuraya R. Schumann
Mon., August 9, 2021 (national holiday)
Start 14:30
Program
Vol. 3
R. Schumann
from Myrten, Op. 25
Widmung
Der Nußbaum
Die Lotosblume
Aus den “Hebräischen Gesängen”
Du bist wie eine Blume
Zum Schluß
12 Gedichte, Op. 35
Justinus Kerner
Lust der Sturmnacht
Stirb, Lieb’ und Freud’
Wanderlied
Erstes Grün
Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend
Auf das Trinkglas eines verstorbenen Freundes
Wanderung
Stille Liebe
Frage
Stille Tränen
Wer machte dich so krank?
Alte Laute
Piano: Steinway Hamburg Model B211
Sengawa Fix Hall
Myrten, Op. 25
A song cycle, Op. 25, composed in 1840. “Myrten” (myrtle) is also known as common myrtle;
because it is used in wedding decorations and bridal bouquets, it is also called the “tree of celebration.”
On September 12, 1840, the day before his wedding to Clara—then 20, ten years his junior—Robert Schumann dedicated this work to her with the inscription “To my beloved bride.”
12 Gedichte, Op. 35
Justinus Kerner
Composed at the end of 1840—later celebrated as the “Year of Song”—the set of twelve songs Op. 35 on poems by Kerner (composed November–December) holds a special place for Schumann.
Kerner was a poet of deep personal significance to him, and many of Schumann’s earliest study-like songs use his verse.
Though Op. 35 is less famous than Dichterliebe Op. 48, the Liederkreis Opp. 24 and 39, or Frauenliebe und Leben Op. 42,
it is a masterpiece studded with music that beautifully matches poems of richly varied expression.