The Songs of Franz Schubert (1992-11-10)
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Ille ongs oJ ranz cllubert THE COMPLETE SONGS OF FRANZ SCHUBERT JOHN WUSTMAN, PIANIST an Artist Series presentation of INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND Danile Cohen, Chancellor Robert W. Demaree, Jr., Dean ofthe Arts Eight o'clock Tuesday, November 10, 1992 Campus Auditorium 1992-1993 Season, Tenth Program Shortly before Franz Peter Schubert's (1797-1828) death, the first section of his song cycle Winterreise. to the texts ofWilhelm Miiller, was published in Vienna. The review, which appeared in the Wiener Allgemeinc Thcatcrujtung of the 29th March 1828, reads as follows: "Schubert has understood his poet with the kind of genius that is his own. His music is as naive as the poet's expression; the emotions contained in the poems are as deeply reflected in the composer's own foelings, and these are so brought out in sound that none can sing or hear them without being touched to the heart." The above statement can be applied to the bulk of the ~composedby this master of song. Song literally poured out of Schubert. For example, on 19 August 1815, he produced five songs to Goethe texts: Der Rattenfanger. Der Scha(7griiber, Bundeslied, An deg Mond and Heidenroslein. Such days were not atypical. Schubert's great innovation was the wedding of the music of the theater to the music of the folk in his 630 songs. In addition, he increased the role of the piano to that of an equal with the voice. The 1992-93season fmds John Wustman and his Schubert class engaged in the third of a six-year cycle devoted to the study and performance of all the songs of Schubert, in modified chronological order, culminating in January 1997, the 200th anniversary of the birth of the composer. Supported by the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where Mr. Wustman bas been engaged since 1968, this historic series of concerts gives singers, pianists, and the general public the opportunity to examine minutely the miraculous songs of the acknowledged master of the genre. --Thomas H. Schleis THE COMPLETE SONGS OF FRANZ SCHUBERT A six year cycle PUJfjGIII XlJ Stimme der Liebe Stolberg Lied Schiller Des Miidcbens Klage Schiller Der Fliichtling Scbiller Die Rose Schlegel In der Mitternacbt Jacobi Trauer der Liebe Jacobi Die Perle Jacobi Die Vogel Schlegel Der Taucher Schiller Freude der Kinderjabre Kopken Minnelied Holly Die friihe Liebe Hoity Liane Mayrbofer Gebeimes Goethe Suleika I Goethe Suleika II Goethe Versunken Goethe Llzyna Otianalcas, mezzo-soprano NatJv,n Gunn, banlone Marie Hamman, tenor William Sltomos, boritoM XUICMll8 W""& soprr,no John m.stman, pianist THE COMPLETE SONGS OF FRANZ SCHUBERT This unique and historic series ofSchubert song recitals has been designed Pranz Jcnubert by John Wustman as his personal observance of the approachfog Schubert Bicentennial. Franz (Peter) Schubert was born in the suburbs of Vienna on the last day of January 195 years ago. five years hence, in 1997. the whole world will 1797-1828 venerate his memory and hjs music in festjval performances. Much of that veneration will focus on the Schubert lieder, for his songs - and he wrote well over six hundred of them - reflect his fashioning and refining of a splendid, almost new form of aesthetic expression. •1 work every morning•. Schubert said of himself. "When I have finished one piece I begin another.• (He finished eight, no less, on a single day in 1815, a year in which - in addition 10 other wodcs - be composed 144 songs! He was only 18, yet each one he wrote that season was crafted with all the care and pl'ecision of a Rembrandt working over a miniature.) Concern for text always was central; among the poems he chose were 72 from Goethe and 46 from Sclullcr. By the VOICE OF LOVE lime of his death (at 3 I. even younger than Mozart had been) Schubert had STIMME DER UEBE Fnedtich Leopold Oraf•• Stolberg-Stolberg Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg-stolberg made of the German Lied a sophis1icnted. subtle art form. Certainly the D 412 (1816) D 4t2 (1816) Bicentennial to come will commemorate both thar diligence and that mastery. One doubts. however, that any other artist will undertake the task of Mcinc Sclindc! Denn mit Engclsstimme My Scllndc! With an angel's voice celebration that John Wustman has set for himself - joyfully, to be sure - a part Singt die Liebe mir zu: &ae wird die Deine! Love si.ngs 10 me: She w:iU be yours! of which we share with hjm tonight; his intention is nothing less than tire Jive Wird die Mcinc! Himmel und Erde 5thwindcn! She will be mine! Heaven and earth vanish! performance ofevery single Schubert song ,'n a sequence ofsome thirty recitals Mcinc Selinde! MySeHnde! spread over six years. Not all of these evenings can be in South Bend: we hear Triinen dcr Schnsutht, die auf blusen Wangcn Tea.rs oflonging which on pale cheek$ tonight "Program XII" and anticipate a substantial share of his other Schubert Bd>ten, fallen herab aJs Freudentrii.nen! Quivered, fall as tea.rs ofjoy! Series recitals in the years to come. We are confidenr both the music and the Denn miI tOllt die himmlisc.he Stimme: Deinc For the hea,.•cnly '-'Oice sings to me: artists will justify this unparalleled tribute. Wird sic! die .Dcine! She will be yours! Yours! RWD JOHN WUSTMAN Distinguished as accompanist, coach, and teacher. John Wus1mnn has appeared in recital with Elizabeth Schwarzkopf. Birgit Nilsson, Regine I> SONG Crespin. Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda. and Luciano Pavaro lli. He has LIED Friedrich von Schiller(?) Friedrich YOO Sch;ller(?) represented both the Fulbright Exchange program and the U.S . State D 284 (1815) D284 (181S) Department in teachjng abroad. At the Fo urth International Tschaikovsky Competition in Moscow he was the only American member of the vojcc jury. Es ist so angeneh.ttt, so siiB, It ii so pleasant and so sweet His performances available in recording include his Carnegie Hall recital with Um cincn liet>c:n Mann r,u s:pidcn, To dally with a man you love, Luciano Pavarotti (London Records). Al the invitation of the Soviet Union, Ent20dtcnd., wie cin Paradics, And as delightful as paradise Des Mannes Feuerk.u8 zu flihlcn. To reel 1hc man', fiery kisses. John Wustman accompanied the Russian mezzo soprano Elena Obraz.tsova at a Soviet Embassy dinner given by Chairman and Mrs. Gorbachev for President Jeez, weiB icb, was mcin volJC$ Hen Now l know what weighed upon my foll heart and Mrs. Reagan. Mr. Wustman heads the graduate accompanying program al In ev.rig 1angen NJkh1en cngte; In long, never ending njghts; the University oflllinois, from which tonight's singers come. Jetzt 1'-'Ci8 kh, wekherSU& Scbmen Now 1know what sweet $0ffOW so oflen Oft scufund mcinen Buscn driingte; Oppressed my breast with it.& si.ghs,. Warum kcin Bliimchcn mir gc(tel, And why no Oo,ii.-er ple.ued me, The next concer t in this series will be presented by Warum dcr Mai mir nimmcr lachtc, Why May nci.,:r smiled upon me, J oh n Wustmao and his guests Warum dcr VOgcl Liedcrspicl Why the &Ong of the birds in the IUSB Recital Hall on Mich nimmcrmchr zur Freudc fach,c: Never arou$Cd me to joy. T uesday, February 16 at 8:00 P.M. Mir trauene die ganze Welt, To me the whole world seemed in mourning. Sci, Licht, mir gesegne.t! I bl,.. you, ligllt! kh k-annte nkht die sch6nsten Triebe. I did not know fair des.ire, Dein S1rahlengrutl regne1 Your rays stream dO'Wl1 Nun hab ich, was mir Hingst gcfehlt, Now 1 have Whal l lad,ed for so lo~ Erwlrmend hemieder aur Anger 1.1nd Au, To wann meadow and pa&ture. Beneide mich, Natur- ich li-ebe! Envy me, Nature; Jam in love! Wie Oittem die Wies.en, See hOW" the fields glitter, Wie silberfatb zittem And a tbo1.1sand silvery suns Tal.lSCnd Sonnen im pcrienden Tau! Glisten in the pearly dew! In siuselnder KUhle In the whispering coolness Beginnen die Spiele Young nature I) Ocr jungcn Natur. Begin, her games. Die Zephyrc k06Cn The zephyrs caress DES MADCIIENS KIAGE TIIE MAIDEN'S LMfl>NT Und scbmeichetn um Rosen, And fondle the roses, Friedrich von Schiller Friedrich \/On SchiUet Und Dii(te be.stf'Offlen die lachende Flur. And sweet see.nu pervade the smiling meadows. D 191 (181S) D 191 (!SIS) W'te hoch &U$ den Stidten How high the clouds of m1oke Der Eich-wa.ld braust, die Wolken zichn, The oak wood roan., tile ck)ud.$ scud by, Die Rauchwolten dampfen! Rise from the towns! Oas Mil(llein sitz an U£etS Grun, The maiden sit5 on the verdant shore; Lal.it wiehem und &ebnauben Loudly neighin,g and snorting Es bricht sic:h die Welle mfr Macht, m.it Macht, The waves break with mighty rorc:e, Und kniRChen und 5t.ramp£en And gnashing and stamping, Und sic seufzt hinaus in die rins-1rc Nacht, And she sighs into lhe dark nig.bt, Die Rosse, die Farren; lbe horses, the bulls., Oas Auge "'Om Weinen geuiibet. Her eyes dimmed with weeping. Die Wagen erknarren The creaking wagons Ins ichzende Tai. Roll along the valley. "Oas Hen i:st gestorben, die Welt i.st leer, "My heart is dead, the world is empty, Die Waldungcn leben, The woods aR alive, Und weiter gibt sie dem Wunsche nichts mehr, And no loager yields to my desire; Und Adler und Palken und Habichte schwtben F.agles, falcons and hawks hover Du Heilige, rufe de.in Kind t.urlick, Holy one, ca,ll back yotir child.