- Saturday, May 17, 2025
- 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
- Bohemian National Hall 321 East 73rd St, New York, NY 10021 USA
Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs, internationally acclaimed soprano, and Michael Recchiuti, award winning conductor and pianist will explore the art and context of the Late Romantic 20th century German Lied.
The program will present a selection of outstanding songs based on two of the eternal themes of life and art: love and parting. Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Victor Ullmann, both born in the Czech portion of the Austrian Empire before its ultimate collapse after the First World War, and both Jewish, lived, studied and worked in Vienna, cultural capital of the empire. As musical heirs of Dvořák, Brahms, and Wagner they each developed their own personal style of Late Romanticism. Time, politics and war would destroy their world and lead each to a dramatically different destiny.
PROGRAM
I
Victor Ullmann
Fünf Liebeslieder von Ricarda Huch
Five Love Songs on Ricarda Huch
1. Wo hast du all die Schönheit hergenommen (Where did you gather your beauty)
2. Am Klavier (At the piano)
3. Sturmlied (Storm song)
4. Wenn je ein Schönes mir zu bilden glückte (If ever I made something beautiful)
5. O schöne Hand (Oh, beautiful hand)
II
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Drei Lieder op. 22
Three Songs op. 22
1. Was du mir bist (What are you to me) (Van der Straaten)
2. Mir Dir zu Schweigen (With you in the silence) (Kobald)
3. Welt ist stille eingeschlafen (When the world is asleep) (Kobald)
— intermission —
III
Victor Ullmann
Hölderlin Lieder
Songs on Hölderlin Poems
1. Sonnenuntergang (Sunset)
2. Der Frühling (Spring)
3. Abendphantasie (Evening fantasy)
IV
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Lieder des Abschieds
Songs of Farewell op. 14
1. Sterblied (Death song) (Rosetti – Kerr)
2. Dies eine kann mein Sehnen nimmer fassen (This one thing my soul can’t grasp) (Ronsperger)
3. Mond, so gehst du wieder auf (Moon, thus you rise again) (Lothar)
4. Gefasster Abschied (A calm farewell) (Lothar)
General admission: $30; seniors, students: $20. Tickets may be purchased online through Eventbrite (plus the processing fee), or at the door at the time of the event (cash only).
Original Publication: Dvořák American Heritage Association
