ConcertPulseCHRISTIANE KARG, MALCOLM MARTINEAU & HELMUT MOOSHAMMER
Date & Time
Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 19:30Mignon, Ophelia, and Mary, Queen of Scots—these three towering figures of literature and history provide the inspiration for an evening of words and music created by Christiane Karg, Malcolm Martineau, and actor Helmut Mooshammer. In addition to Goethe settings by Beethoven, Schubert, Wolf, Duparc, and Josephine Lange and Ophelia songs by Brahms, Strauss, Chausson, and Wolfgang Rihm, the program also includes Robert Schumann’s Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, the composer’s final vocal cycle written in 1852.
Keywords: Vocal Music
Musicians
| Karg Christiane | Soprano |
| Martineau Malcolm | Piano |
| Mosshammer Helmut | Recitation |
Program
| Texts by Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Shakespeare, Clemens Brentano, Novalis, and Heinrich Heine | |
| Mignon Op. 75/1 "Kennst du das Land" | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Romance de Mignon Op. 2/3 | Henri Duparc |
| Mignons Klage Op. 10/2 | Josephine Lang |
| Lied der Mignon "So lasst mich scheinen" D 877/3 | Franz Schubert |
| Mignon I "Heiß’ mich nicht reden" (Goethe Songs No. 5) | Hugo Wolf |
| Herzeleid Op. 107/11 | Robert Schumann |
| Tomorrow Is Saint Valentine’s Day (from Ophelia Sings) | Wolfgang Rihm |
| Chanson d’Ophélie "Il est mort" Op. 28/4 | Ernest Chausson |
| La Mort d'Ophélie | Camille Saint-Saëns |
| How Should I Your True Love Know Op. 30/3 | Roger Quilter |
| Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloß Op. 67/3 | Richard Strauss |
| Wie erkenn ich dein Treulieb (from Ophelia Songs WoO 22) | Johannes Brahms |
| Sein Leichenhemd weiß (from Ophelia Songs WoO 22) | Johannes Brahms |
| Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Op. 135 | Robert Schumann |
| Maria Stuart Op. 172 | Joachim Raff |
| Two Songs from Tennyson’s "Queen Mary" | Horatio Parker |