Ian Bostridge, Tenor Wenwen Du, Piano
Sunday, April 12, 2015, 3pm Hertz Hall Ian Bostridge, tenor Wenwen Du, piano PROGRAM The Music and Poetry of the Great War Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Three songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Revelge (1899) Der Tambourg’sell (1901) Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (1898) Rudi Stephan (1887–1915) Ich will dir singen ein Hohelied (1913– 1914) I. Kythere II. Pantherlied III. Abendfrieden IV. In Nachbars Garten V. Glück zu Zweien IV. Das Hohelied der Nacht PLAYBILL PROGRAM George Butterworth ( 1885–1916 ) A Shropshire Lad (1909–1911 ) I. Loveliest of Trees II. When I Was One-and-Twenty III. Look Not in My Eyes IV. Think No More, Lad V. The Lads in Their Hundreds VI. Is My Team Ploughing? INTERMISSION Kurt Weill (1900–1950) Four Walt Whitman Songs (1942, 1947) I. Beat! Beat! Drums! II. Oh Captain! My Captain! III. Come up from the Fields, Father IV. Dirge for Two Veterans Benjamin Britten ( 1913–1976 ) Four songs from Who Are These Children? , Op. 84 (1969–1971 ) III. Nightmare VI. Slaughter IX. Who Are These children? XI. The Children This performance is made possible, in part, by Patron Sponsors Susan Graham Harrison and Michael A. Harrison. Funded, in part, by the Koret Foundation, this performance is part of Cal Performances’ " !#–" !$ Koret Recital Series, which brings world-class artists to our community. Hamburg Steinway piano provided by Steinway & Sons, San Francisco. Cal Performances’ " !#–" !$ season is sponsored by Wells Fargo. CAL PERFORMANCES PROGRAM NOTES Gustav Mahler ( CHFB–CICC ) encounter of a young girl and the ghost of her Three songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn dead sweetheart, killed in battle.
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