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Wigmore Hall: Nina Stemme

Nina Stemme (soprano) and Matti Hirvonen (piano) perform works by Schumann, Wagner and Weill at the Wigmore Hall in London.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Swedish soprano Nina Stemme performs a programme of contrasting moods including Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder, inspired by the wife of one of the composer's sponsors and which is said to employ musical material which was later to be fully realised in his opera Tristan and Isolde.

Nina Stemme (soprano)
Matti Hirvonen (piano)

Schumann: Lenaulieder und Requiem, Op 90
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder
Weill: Surabaya Johnny (from 'Happy End')
Weill: My ship (from 'Lady in the Dark')

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

58 minutes

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Mein liebe ist grun

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.
  • Robert Schumann

    Lenaulieder und Requiem, Op 90

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.
  • Robert Schumann

    Lenaulieder und Requiem, Op 90

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.
  • Kurt Weill

    Surabaya Johnny (from 'Happy End')

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.
  • Kurt Weill

    Nannas Lied

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.
  • Kurt Weill

    My ship (from 'Lady in the Dark')

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.
  • Richard Wagner

    Wesendonck-Lieder

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.
  • Kurt Weill

    My ship (from 'Lady in the Dark')

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.
  • Kurt Weill

    Nannas Lied

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.
  • Kurt Weill

    Surabaya Johnny (from 'Happy End')

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.
  • Richard Wagner

    Wesendonck-Lieder

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Performer: Matti Hirvonen.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 31 Mar 2014 13:00
  • Sun 6 Apr 2014 13:00