{"id":4074,"date":"2012-05-29T06:24:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T11:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2012-05-29T06:24:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T11:24:06","slug":"listening-baritone-matthias-goerne-sings-schubert-and-strauss-in-memory-of-dietrich-fischer-dieskau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/05\/29\/listening-baritone-matthias-goerne-sings-schubert-and-strauss-in-memory-of-dietrich-fischer-dieskau\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening: Baritone Matthias Goerne sings Schubert and Strauss in memory of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthias Goerne sings Schubert and Strauss in memory of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Available for free streaming until May 31 is a wonderful concert offered as a tribute to late baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, given by the Bavarian Radio Symphony<\/a>, conductor Christoph Eschenbach and baritone Matthias Goerne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The concert, programmed long before Fischer-Dieskau died 10 days ago, is entitled The Art of Orchestration. The presenters decided to move up the Lieder portion (all of them orchestrated — featuring the handiwork of Johannes Brahms, Max Reger and Anton Webern in the case of the Schubert songs) to the start of the programme.<\/p>\n

The second half features a treat that I don’t remember anyone every programming here: Arnold Schoenberg’s reimagining of Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1<\/em> for full orchestra.<\/p>\n

Goerne, whose teachers included Fischer-Dieskau, sings with his trademark sensitivity. There is an intimacy to Goerne’s interpretations that makes for particularly affecting listening. The Schubert Lieder orchestrations are wonderfully simple, and Eschenbach lends a light, clear touch as an accompanist.<\/p>\n

The Lieder aren’t presented in the order announced; the Schubert and Strauss songs are intermixed. They include, from Schubert, a couple of excerpts from Die sch\u00f6ne M\u00fcllerin<\/em>, An Sylvia<\/em>, Greisengesang<\/em>, Im Abendrot<\/em> and An die Musik<\/em>. Strauss’s contributions are Traum durch die D\u00e4mmerung<\/em>, Das Rosenband<\/em>, Freundliche Vision<\/em>, Heimliche Aufforderung<\/em>, Ruhe, Meine Seele!<\/em>, Allerseelen<\/em>, and one of the most effectively simple musical settings of poetry ever, Morgen!<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to listen.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the Telegraph published an article featuring English tenor Ian Bostridge’s recollections of how he was inspired by Fischer-Dieskau.<\/p>\n

Rupert Christiansen’s article begins:<\/p>\n

Some 30 years ago, a 14-year-old schoolboy called Ian Bostridge was sitting in his first German lesson, when his teacher Richard Stokes had a brilliant idea: he would introduce the class to the glory of the language and the culture it inspired by playing a recording of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing Schubert\u2019s setting of Goethe\u2019s Erlk\u00f6nig ballad.<\/p>\n

For Bostridge, this would prove to be a life-changing moment.<\/p>\n

Thunderstruck, he went on to become obsessed with German song in general and Fischer-Dieskau in particular, before himself becoming one of his generation\u2019s leading lieder recitalists.<\/p>\n

So when the death of Fischer-Dieskau at the age of 86 was announced on May 18, Bostridge felt a pang of personal loss. \u201cI would never have become a singer without him, and if I know anything now about how to sing in German, it\u2019s because at some level I simply copied him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read the full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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