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Speak Low. Songs about masculinity and queer utopias

Date & Time
Mon, Apr 7, 2025, 19:30
The art song – a mirror of a bygone era and yet surprisingly contemporary. Johannes Worms and Nasti invite you to an evening that looks at familiar and new works from an unusual perspective.

Keywords: Vocal Music

Info & Ticket (www.elbphilharmonie.de)
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Musicians

Johannes WormsBariton
NastiPiano, Live electronics

Program

Hugo WolfAuf dem grünen Balkon / Spanisches Liederbuch, Weltliche Lieder Nr. 5
Benjamin BrittenSonnetto XXXVII / aus: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo op. 22
Gustav MahlerWo die schönen Trompeten blasen / aus: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Robert SchumannEinsamkeit / aus: Sechs Gedichte von Lenau und Requiem op. 90
Dame Ethel SmythNr. 1 The Clown / aus: Three Songs
Thierry TidrowDas Kind vor dem Spiegel
Benjamin BrittenSonetto XXX / aus: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo op. 22
Franz SchubertMemnon D 541
Lili BoulangerElle est gravement gaie / aus: Clairières dans le ciel
Kurt WeillSpeak Low / aus: One Touch of Venus
Aaron CoplandWhy do they shut me out of Heaven? / aus: Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
William BolcomCabaret Songs based on texts by Arnold Weinstein / aus: Cabaret Songs nach Texten von Arnold Weinstein
Franz SchubertWandrers Nachtlied II D 768 »Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh«
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