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Schumann’s song cycle Myrthen, retold in English by Jeremy Sams, with new poems by Kate Wakeling.
In 1840, Robert Schumann was finally able to marry the woman he loved – the sensationally gifted pianist Clara Wieck – after a long and bitter legal battle with her father. His hard-won happiness found expression in an extraordinary collection of songs, presented to Clara on the morning of their marriage and named after the white myrtle sprigs that for centuries have symbolised love and hope in every wedding bouquet. With secret messages, riddles and lucky charms, these twenty-six songs are an A-Z of Robert’s hopes, fears, experiences and beliefs as he stands at a crossroads in life.
Performed in English, alongside new poems by Kate Wakeling to set the scene, this is a fresh take on one of the most unusual and captivating of all song cycles.
“Sams’s translations are unaffected and idiomatic… an unusually direct Lieder experience.”
– The Guardian
Part of Leeds Lieder Festival 2024.
Unwaged/Disabled
£13
Under 30s/Students
Free
Start time
1pm
Duration
1 hour
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Evening Recital Pass £100 / £90 (unwaged/disabled)
Lunchtime and Lecture Recitals Pass £45 / £39 (unwaged/disabled)
Young Artists Pass £95 / £83 (unwaged/disabled)
Harriet Burns soprano
Nick Pritchard tenor
Christopher Glynn piano
Kate Wakeling poet and reader
Robert Schumann ‘Dedication’
Kate Wakeling ‘A Garland of Song’
Robert Schumann ‘Free Spirit’
‘The Chestnut Tree’
‘Someone’
Kate Wakeling ‘Someone else’
Robert Schumann ‘Songs of the Inn I’
‘Songs of the Inn II’
‘The Lotus Flower’
‘Talismans’
‘Suleika’s song’
Kate Wakeling ‘If the heart is a mirror’
Robert Schumann ‘The Highland Widow’
‘Bridal Song I’
‘Bridal Song II’
‘The Highlander’s Farewell’
‘Highland Lullaby’
‘From the Hebrew Songs’
‘Riddle’
Kate Wakeling ‘Mask’
Robert Schumann ‘Venetian Song I’
‘Venetian Song II’
‘The Captain’s Lady’
‘Far away’
‘One lingering teardrop’
‘No-one’
‘In the west’
Kate Wakeling ‘These hands’
Robert Schumann ‘You’re like a flower’
‘Roses from the East’
Kate Wakeling ‘At the last’
Robert Schumann ‘At the last’
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