Song of the week: Der Lindenbaum (F. Schubert) - T. Quasthoff, J. Zeyen / C. Gerhaher, G. Huber Der Lindenbaum (C. Kreutzer) - M. Padmore, G. Johnson
It is the time for the linden flowers. Der Lindenbaum, from Schubert's Winterreise, with Christian Gerhaher and Thomas Quasthoff, and the less known Der Lindenbaum written by Conradin Kreutzer, performed by Mark Padmore.
Song of the week: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (G. Mahler) - G. Finley, J. Belohlavek (dir.)
Carp, pike, cod, eels, sturgeon, crabs, turtles... All together thanks to Mahler. With Gerald Finley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Belohlavek.
Song of the week: Si mes vers avaient des ailes (R. Hahn) - S. Graham, R. Vignoles
How to talk about art song when it's a type of music I don't particularly like or know? The only think I can say is what I feel when a song stricks me like a little piece of magic. This is a good example: mild and tender like a kiss, Si mes vers avaient des ailes by Reynaldo Hahn on a poem by Victor Hugo, sung by Susan Graham with Roger Vignoles at the piano.