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Florian Boesch Wigmore Hall Prometheus Schubert Wolf
[…] to suggest a caress. The last four lines in the first two strophes are repeated, suggesting that the protagonist is trapped, dragged down by his burdens. Men cannot compete with Gods. Then a transition, where Goethe repeats the words "Wellen" and Schubert creates rolling phrases to suggest invisible tides. "Ein kleiner Ring" sang Boesch,"Begrenzt unser Leben, und viele Geschlechter reihen sich dauernd Aa ihres Daseins..." Tremendous breath control and dignity. "Unendliche Kette." Individual men may be doomed to struggle, and to drown, but some invisible power, like the tides of the ocean, ensures that mankind will be replenished. Boesch showed how Grenzen der Menscheit, in its quiet, understated way, isn't so much about the limitations of Mankind, but about endlessly renewed horizons. Boesch and Martineau did Wolf's Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo which Matthias Goerne and Andreas Haefliger performed at the Wigmore Hall last October (more […]
2012-05-18 18:58:00
[…] in Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers, Reimann's King Lear.But now I have in my mind's ear Goethe's magical - but almost untranslatable - poem Grenzen der Menschheit, set to music by Hugo Wolf, and incomparably brought to life in all its grandeur and mysterious humility by Fischer-Dieskau and his companion on so many journeys, the pianist Gerald Moore:Ein kleiner Ring Begränzt unser Leben Und viele Geschlechter Reihen sich dauernd An ihres Daseins Unendliche Kette.(A small ring Is the boundary of our life, And many generations Form a constant procession In the endless chain of being.)Classical musicDietrich Fischer-DieskauOperaIan Bostridgeguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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