fri06oct19:00BALLADS FROM THE GÖTTINGER HAIN / MORAVIAN AUTUMNBEETHOVEN
ŠTĚPÁN
TOMÁŠEK19:00 Besední dům

Time

(Friday) 19:00

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Event Details

One of the climaxes of the 2019/2020 philharmonic season in Brno was the performance of Anton Reicha’s feature-long oratorio Lenora after Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794), a leading 18th-century German poet who was a member of a literary association known as the Göttingen Grove (Göttinger Hain). Appearing in the eponymous role in Reicha’s Lenora was the Czech soprano Martina Janková, who was so enchanted by Bürger’s ballads and their settings by various composers that she decided to devise an original programme for her recital, which in addition to songs by Ludwig van Beethoven and Josef Antonín Štěpán will also offer the perspective of another composer – Václav Jan Tomášek (1774–1850) – on Lenora.

 

LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Seufzer eines Ungeliebten und Gegenliebe (Sigh of the Unloved – Love Requited)
Das Blümchen Wunderhold (The Loveliest Flower)
Mollys Abschied (Molly’s Farewell)

 

JOSEF ANTONÍN ŠTĚPÁN
Schwanenlied (Swan Song)

 

VÁCLAV JAN TOMÁŠEK
Lenora, cantata for voice and piano, Op. 12

 

Martina Janková soprano
Dennis Russell Davies piano
Taťjana Medvecká recitation

Location

Besední dům

Komenského náměstí 534/8, Brno