Recital and Symposium in the Romantic Era

Singers from the Voice Studio of Sylvia Anderson

Tim Bach, pianist
Matthias Kuntzsch, German Repertoire Coach

Repertoire
F. Schubert - Ganymede
R. Schumann - Die Lotosblume
R. Schumann - Dichterliebe
- Im Wunderschönenmonat Mai
- Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen
- Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen
R. Wagner - Im Treibhaus
J. Brahms - Zigeunerlieder
- He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!
- Hochgetürmte Rimaflut
J. Brahms - An die Nachtigall
H. Wolf - Der Knabe und das Immlein
G. Mahler - Liebst du um Schönheit
R. Strauss - Ich trage meine Minne
R. Strauss - Ruhe, meine Seele
R. Strauss - Ich schwebe

Singers
Isabel Block, soprano
Ashlyn Herd, soprano
James Hogan, tenor
Alexandra Mena, mezzo soprano
Erykka Ximone, mezzo soprano
Corinne Rydman, mezzo soprano
Tamara Richards, soprano

The Symposium to follow the musical program.

In ancient Greece people came to a symposium to drink, listen to music and philosophize. Through that practice the symposium came alive and brought people together through sharing their thirst for knowledge, their own ideas, at the same time enjoying the talents of artists and musicians in their midst. Because the singers interact with the audience, we like to call it a Recital and Symposium in ‘Greek style” -
‘a convivial meeting of drinking, music and intellectual discussion’.