Ian Bostridge © Kalpesh Lathigra
Brad Mehldau © David Bazemore
Ian Bostridge / Brad Mehldau
Thursday
13
April
2023
19:30 – ca. 21:15
Mozart-Saal
Performers
Ian Bostridge, Tenor
Brad Mehldau, Klavier
Programme
Brad Mehldau
The Folly of Desire (2019)
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Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe. Liederzyklus nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine op. 48 (1840)
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Zugabe:
Franz Schubert
Nacht und Träume D 827 (1823)
Cole Porter
Night and day (Gay divorce) (1932)
David Mann
In the wee small hours of the morning
Jack Strachey
These foolish things
Cole Porter
Every time we say goodbye
Subscription series
Lied
Links
https://www.bradmehldaumusic.com
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
Longing once and today
One is at home as a lieder singer in the concert halls of Europe, Southeast Asia and North America, the other is a jazz pianist and composer and inspires with his lyrical, intimate sound language. When Ian Bostridge and Brad Mehldau met in 2015, they quickly discovered common ground, such as their enthusiasm for the lieder of Robert Schumann. Their friendship was also to connect the artists professionally. Thus, the U.S. keyboard artist wrote the cycle »The Folly of Desire« for the versatile British tenor. The ten songs on texts by poets such as Shakespeare, Brecht and Goethe are a commentary on Schumann's »Dichterliebe« - one of the most important song cycles of the Romantic period. Bostridge and Mehldau are now giving a guest performance of both works at the Vienna Konzerthaus.