Photo: Michael J. Lutch

Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs, internationally acclaimed soprano, and Michael Recchiuti, award winning conductor and pianist will explore the art 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 Jewish, born in the Czech portion of the Austrian Empire before its ultimate collapse after the First World War, lived, studied and worked in Vienna, cultural capital of the empire. As musical heirs of Dvorak, 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. op. 26

1. Wo hast du all die Schönheit hergenommen….
2. Am Klavier…
3. Sturmlied…
4. Wenn je ein Schönes mir zu bilden glückte…
5. O schöne Hand….

II
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Drei Lieder op. 22

1. Was du mir bist…(Van der Straaten)
2. Mir Dir zu Schweigen… (Kobald)
3. Welt ist stille eingeschlafen… (Kobald)

INTERVAL

III
Victor Ullmann
Hölderlin-Lieder

1. Sonnenuntergang
2. Der Frühling
3. Abendphantasie

IV
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Lieder des Abschieds op. 14

1. Sterblied (Rosetti - Kerr)
2. Dies eine kann mein Sehnen nimmer fassen (Ronsperger)
3. Mond, ich gehst du wieder auf (Lothar)
4. Gefasster Abschied (Lothar)

General admission: $30; seniors, students: $20. Tickets may be purchased online through Eventbrite (plus the processing fee).

This event is organized by the Dvořák American Heritage Association with support of the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association.