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Katarina Karneus - Wigmore Hall

Live from the Wigmore Hall in London, mezzo-soprano Katarina Karneus sings songs by Peterson-Berger, Brahms, Chausson, Schumann, Saint-Saens, Delius, Nystroem and Koch.

Live from Wigmore Hall, the Swedish mezzo-soprano Katarina Karn茅us sings songs of love, death and the natural world.
Seven charming songs by her countryman, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger are followed by heart-breaking responses by Brahms, Chausson, Schumann and Saint-Sa毛ns to the death of Shakespeare's Ophelia.
Presented by Martin Handley

Katarina Karn茅us (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)

Peterson-Berger: Marits visor (Kom bukken, Solen skinner, Holder du av mej);
Intet 盲r som v盲ntanstider, N盲r jag f枚r mig sj盲lv, Som stj盲rnorna p氓 himmelen, Asp氓kers-polska
Brahms: Ophelia-Lieder
Chausson: Chanson d'Oph茅lie (from Chansons de Shakespeare)
Schumann: Herzeleid
Saint-Sa毛ns: La mort d'Oph茅lie
Grieg: Gruss Op. 48 No. 1; Zur Rosenzeit Op 48 No. 5; Ein Traum Op. 48 No. 6

8.15pm Interval Music:
Hugo Alfven: A Legend of the Skerries played by The Iceland SO, Petri Sakari (conductor)

8.35
Delius: In the Seraglio Garden; Young Venevil; Summer Nights; The Bird's Story; Twilight Fancies
Nystroem: Sj盲l och landskap (Soul and Landscape)
Koch: Af lotusdoft och m氓nens skenI m氓naden Tjaitra; De vilda svanarna.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    A Legend of the Skerries - tone poem Op.20

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
  • Bach (transcription by Busoni)

    Chaconne in D minor (from Partita No.2 for solo violin, BWV 1004)

    Performer: Nikolai Demidenko - piano.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ophelia-Lieder

    Performer: Katarina Karneus - mezzo soprano. Performer: Joseph Middleton - piano.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet orch. Schoenberg; Rondo alla zingarese: Presto

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Chanson d'Oph茅lie from 'Chansons de Shakespeare' Op. 28

    Performer: Katarina Karneus - mezzo soprano. Performer: Joseph Middleton - piano.
  • Frederick Delius

    Selected Songs (In the Seraglio Garden; Young Venevil; Summer Nights; The Bird's Story; Twilight Fancies)

    Performer: Katarina Karneus - mezzo soprano. Performer: Joseph Middleton - piano.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Selected songs (Gruss; Zur Rosenzeit; Ein Traum)

    Performer: Katarina Karneus - mezzo soprano. Performer: Joseph Middleton - piano.
  • Koch

    Selected songs

    Performer: Katarina Karneus - mezzo soprano. Performer: Joseph Middleton - piano.
  • Nystroem

    Sjal och landskap (Soul and Landscape)

    Performer: Katarina Karneus - mezzo soprano. Performer: Joseph Middleton - piano.
  • Wilhelm Peterson鈥怋erger

    Selected songs

    Performer: Joseph Middleton - piano. Performer: Katarina Karneus - mezzo soprano.
  • Saint-Seans

    La mort d'Ophelie

    Performer: Katarina Karneus - mezzo soprano. Performer: Joseph Middleton - piano.
  • Schumann

    Herzeleid Op. 107 No. 1

    Performer: Katarina Karneus - mezzo soprano. Performer: Joseph Middleton - piano.
  • Part 1

    • Wilhelm Peterson鈥怋erger

      Marits visor [Marit's songs] Op.12

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Wilhelm Peterson鈥怋erger

      Svensk lyrik - series 2, vol.1

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Wilhelm Peterson鈥怋erger

      4 Visor i folkton [Ballads in folk style] Op.5

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Wilhelm Peterson鈥怋erger

      Svensk lyrik - series 2, vol.2

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Johannes Brahms

      Ophelia-Lieder

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Ernest Chausson

      4 Chansons de Shakespeare Op.28

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Robert Schumann

      6 Songs Op.107

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

      La Mort d'Ophelie for voice and piano

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Edvard Grieg

      6 Songs Op.48

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
  • Interval

    • Hugo Alfv茅n

      En skargardssagen (A Legend of the Skerries), Op. 20

      Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
      • Alfven: Swedish Rhapsodies.
      • Chandos.
      • CHAN9313.
  • Part 2

    • Frederick Delius

      7 Danish songs RT.3.4 [1897] vers. for voice and piano

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Frederick Delius

      7 Songs from the Norwegian RT.5.9 [1889-90]

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • G枚sta Nystroem

      Sjal och landskap for voice and piano

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Sigurd (Valdemar) von Koch

      Af Lotusdoft och Munens sken for voice and piano

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Sigurd (Valdemar) von Koch

      I Manaden Tjaitra for voice and piano

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
    • Sigurd (Valdemar) von Koch

      De Vilda svanarna [The wild swans] for voice and piano

      Performer: Joseph Middleton. Performer: Katarina Karn茅us.
  • Post concert

    • G茅rard Presson

      Kein Deutscher Himmel (arrangement of the Adagietto from Mahler's Symphony No.5)

      Director: Laurence Equilbey. Choir: Accentus Choeur de Chambre.
    • Johannes Brahms

      Piano Quartet orch. Schoenberg; Rondo alla zingarese: Presto

      Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
    • Bach (transcription by Busoni)

      Chaconne in D minor (from Partita No.2 for solo violin, BWV 1004)

      Performer: Nikolai Demidenko - piano.
    • George Frideric Handel

      La Rejouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks

      Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
      • Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Handel.
      • Decca.
      • 4119302.

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  • Sun 12 Oct 2014 19:30

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