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2013-02-21 01:25:00
Wolf with Wit - Bostridge Daneman Drake Wigmore Hall
Fun and Hugo Wolf ? Wolf's songs are the epitome of at song, due great reverence. But they're also vibrant with good hearted wit. This latest concert in Julius Drake's on-going "Perspectives" series at the Wigmore Hall brought together Sophie Daneman, Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake, all of whom have been working together for many years, and the chemistry was almost palpable. The Wigmore Hall, with its small size and good acoustic, is specially suited to Lieder recitals, but this concert had an unusually intimate immediacy. Given Wolf's exceptional feeling for poetry, any interpretations must be influenced by the texts he chose. In this recital, we heard songs by Eduard Mörike.and Goethe, each of which Wolf turns into a miniature opera with distilled into purest form. Some of these songs are character studies like Abschied where a critic is kicked downstairs to mock waltzes and garishly manic melodies. […]
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