Sally Matthews, Soprano
Simon Lepper, Piano
Performers
Sally Matthews, Soprano
Simon Lepper, Piano
Program
SIBELIUS "Demanten på marssnön," Op. 36, No. 6
SIBELIUS "Våren flyktar hastigt," Op. 13, No. 4
SIBELIUS "Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte," Op. 37, No. 5
SIBELIUS "Var det en dröm?," Op. 37, No. 4
GRIEG Six Songs, Op. 48
GRIEG Melodie from Lyric Pieces, Op. 38, No. 3
GRIEG "Melancholie" from Lyric Pieces, Op. 47, No. 5
GRIEG Arietta from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12, No. 1
R. STRAUSS Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op. 67, Nos. 1–3
R. STRAUSS "Morgen!," Op. 27, No. 4
R. STRAUSS "Das Rosenband," Op. 36, No. 1
R. STRAUSS "Cäcilie," Op. 27, No. 2
WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder
Encores:
DUNHILL "The Cloths of Heaven" from The Wind Among the Reeds
TRAD. "The Salley Gardens" (arr. Benjamin Britten)
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately 90 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission.Salon Encores
Join us for a free drink at a post-concert reception in Weill Recital Hall’s Jacobs Room.
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At a Glance
Featuring the music of Jean Sibelius and Edvard Grieg—two of Scandinavia’s most revered composers—this evening’s program has a strong Nordic flavor. Though Richard Strauss hailed from farther south in Bavaria, the program also features his Three Lieder of Ophelia, songs drawn from the hapless Danish princess’s mad scene in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It also features selections that are the product of the composers’ passionate relationships: Grieg enjoyed a long and creatively fruitful marriage with soprano Nina Hagerup, while Strauss married and concertized extensively with soprano Pauline de Ahna. Richard Wagner’s fervid Wesendonck Lieder were inspired by the poetry of Mathilde Wesendonck, with whom he had an intense, adulterous love affair in Switzerland while composing the opera Tristan und Isolde.