Munich Philharmonic: Mendelssohn / Schumannfeat. Eleanor Lyons (soprano) & Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone), conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock
The human voice takes centre stage here, serving as a vehicle for emotion and an expression of longing, comfort and transformation. Under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock and in collaboration with the Philharmonic Choir, the evening’s programme demonstrates how music touches us most deeply when many voices express shared experience.
The human voice takes centre stage here, serving as a vehicle for emotion and an expression of longing, comfort and transformation. Under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock and in collaboration with the Philharmonic Choir, the evening’s programme demonstrates how music touches us most deeply when many voices express shared experience.
Felix Mendelssohn set new standards with his vocal works, which also influenced the work of his friend Robert Schumann. To set Goethe’s Faust to music, Schumann envisaged a completely free form, prompting him to devise a “new genre for the concert hall”. In Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, the acclaimed baritone Samuel Hasselhorn takes on the role of Doctor Faust, transforming the inner states of the soul into a soundscape.
With
- Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock
- Soprano: Eleanor Lyons
- Baritone: Samuel Hasselhorn
- Rehearsal: Andreas Herrmann
- Munich Philharmonic Choir
- Munich Philharmonic
Programme
- Felix Mendelssohn: My soul doth magnify the Lord, German Magnificat, Op 69 No 3
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Psalm 42, Wie der Hirsch schreit (As pants the hart), cantata for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, Op 42
- Robert Schumann: Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, Part Three, Faust’s Transfiguration for soloists, choir and orchestra, WoO 3
