Paul Abraham: Märchen im Grand-Hotel

Narea Son, Infantin Isabella
Ida Aldrian, Marylou | Countess
Peter Galliard, Prinz | Barry
Nicholas Mogg, Albert | Grand Duke | Dryser
Martin Summer, Macintosh | Chamoix
Hiroshi Amako, Vocal quartet 1 
David Minseok Kang, Vocal quartet 2
Seungwoo Simon Yang, Vocal quartet 3
Hubert Kowalczyk, Vocal quartet 4

Georgiy Dubko, Musical Direction and Piano I
Johannes Harneit, Piano II
Sascha-Alexander Todtner, Director and Costume Design
Christoph Fischer, Set Design and Costume Design
Johannes Blum, Dramaturgy

Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Alexandre Tharaud, piano

DEBUSSY Nuit d’étoiles, Romance, Romance d’Ariel, Apparition, Ariettes oubliées
POULENC Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, Banalités
FAURÉ Après un rêve, Notre amour, Au bord de l’eau, Les Berceaux
RAVEL Chanson française, Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis, Sur l’herbe, Manteau de fleurs, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques

Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Alexandre Tharaud, piano

DEBUSSY Nuit d’étoiles, Romance, Romance d’Ariel, Apparition, Ariettes oubliées
POULENC Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, Banalités
FAURÉ Après un rêve, Notre amour, Au bord de l’eau, Les Berceaux
RAVEL Chanson française, Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis, Sur l’herbe, Manteau de fleurs, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques

Musicbanda FRANUI
Florian Boesch, bassbaritone
Jonas Dahlberg, video

What happens if a ten-piece ensemble from the Austrian mountains, that has made its name with interpretations of Schubert-, Schumann-, Brahms-, and Mahler Songs, shares the stage with one of the most distinguished Lieder-singers of our time and backed up by one of the more exciting video artists of his generation? A new kind of Liederabend is born. Up front and center: Florian Boesch – internationally celebrated baritone, a strong character of solid Viennese rearing. Surrounded by Musicbanda Franui, who are tackling the 19th century genre of art song with their assortment of instruments, which ranges from folk harp and dulcimer to zither, violins, double bass, accordion and plenty of brass. For all this, the well-regarded Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg has created a novel set and space for the musicians. What have we got here? A bedroom in black and white? A freeze-frame? The audience eventually realizes that something isn’t right. The disalignment is subtle at first; the opacification creeps in; distortions – imperceptible at first – become notable.

The backrest of a chair – facing the audience – melts away slowly. The beside-lamp, the bookshelf, the duvet, the bedframe – everything dematerializes. The room, perfectly familiar, melts away before our eyes – until there is nothing left but the walls. All awhile, the audience is listening to someone who sings about life, love, and loss. On top of the world one minute, in the depths of despair the next. Everyone is facing their own mortality. And in the end, just like in Gustav Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer, “Just when I didn’t know what life might bring / Everything and all was well ag’in!”

Paul Abraham: Märchen im Grand-Hotel

Narea Son, Infantin Isabella
Ida Aldrian, Marylou | Countess
Peter Galliard, Prinz | Barry
Nicholas Mogg, Albert | Grand Duke | Dryser
Martin Summer, Macintosh | Chamoix
Hiroshi Amako, Vocal quartet 1 
David Minseok Kang, Vocal quartet 2
Seungwoo Simon Yang, Vocal quartet 3
Hubert Kowalczyk, Vocal quartet 4

Georgiy Dubko, Musical Direction and Piano I
Johannes Harneit, Piano II
Sascha-Alexander Todtner, Director and Costume Design
Christoph Fischer, Set Design and Costume Design
Johannes Blum, Dramaturgy

Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Alexandre Tharaud, piano

DEBUSSY Nuit d’étoiles, Romance, Romance d’Ariel, Apparition, Ariettes oubliées
POULENC Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, Banalités
FAURÉ Après un rêve, Notre amour, Au bord de l’eau, Les Berceaux
RAVEL Chanson française, Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis, Sur l’herbe, Manteau de fleurs, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques

Florian Boesch, bassbaritone
Justus Zeyen, piano

Frank Martin
Six Monologues from »Jedermann« (version for baritone and piano) (1943–1944)
as well as selected songs by Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf

Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Alexandre Tharaud, piano

DEBUSSY Nuit d’étoiles, Romance, Romance d’Ariel, Apparition, Ariettes oubliées
POULENC Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, Banalités
FAURÉ Après un rêve, Notre amour, Au bord de l’eau, Les Berceaux
RAVEL Chanson française, Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis, Sur l’herbe, Manteau de fleurs, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques

Julian Prégardien, Tenor

Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Alondra de la Parra, Dirigentin

Manuel Walser, baritone

Wiener KammerOrchester
Joji Hattori, Moderation, Violine, Dirigent

Hugo Wolf
Fußreise (Mörike-Lieder Nr. 10) (Bearbeitung für Bariton und Streichorchester: David Matthews) (1888)
Auf einer Wanderung (Mörike-Lieder Nr. 15) (Bearbeitung für Bariton und Streichorchester: David Matthews) (1888)
Der Rattenfänger (Goethe-Lieder Nr. 11) (Bearbeitung für Bariton und Streichorchester: David Matthews) (1890)
Anakreons Grab (Goethe-Lieder Nr. 29) (Bearbeitung für Bariton und Streichorchester: David Matthews) (1888)

Richard Wagner
Im Treibhaus (Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme »Wesendonck-Lieder« Nr. 3) (Instrumentalbearbeitung für Streichquartett: Reinhard Lippert) (1858)

Johann Strauß (Sohn)
Rosen aus dem Süden. Walzer op. 388 (Bearbeitung für Klavier, Harmonium und Streichquartett: Arnold Schönberg) (1880/1921)

Gustav Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Bearbeitung: Arnold Schönberg) (1884–1885/1920)