ASPECT Chamber Music Series Presents: Orient in Song
$30-$50 ($50-$70 with post-concert reception)
- Tyler Duncan, baritone
- Erika Switzer, piano
Robert Schumann — Selected works
Hugo Wolf — Selected works
Viktor Ullmann — Selected works
Jean Émil Paul Cras — Selected works
Darius Milhaud — Selected works
Iman Habibi — Selected works
Songs by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Viktor Ullmann, Jean-Émile-Paul Cras, Darius Milhaud, Iman Habibi
The great Goethe, when in his sixties, fell under the spell of Hafiz, the 14th-century Persian poet. Hafiz's poetry inspired Goethe to create the West-Östlicher Divan – a collection of love poems, epigrams, and drinking songs. Goethe's life-intoxicated verses inspired composers such as Robert Schumann, while poems of Hafiz were set to music by Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, and Viktor Ullmann. The spell spread outside the German-speaking lands, drawing in the very different sensibilities of Jean Cras and Darius Milhaud. Join us as we explore Europe's century-long love affair with the Orient through poetry, painting, and song.