Frauen-Liebe: A Woman’s Love

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Love is in the air as Music Director Richard Egarr, mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj, and keyboardist Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya explore the depths of human emotion in a special segment of Live from Amsterdam: Valentine’s Day Edition! Join us on Sunday, February 14th at 11AM PT for Haydn’s dramatic Arianna a Naxos, a cantata depicting the Cretan Princess Arianna’s painful desertion by Theseus. From there, Barbara will lead us on a woman’s journey through the many phases of love in Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben. And in between, Richard and Alex will do as they do in a beautiful arrangement of Mahler’s love letter to Alma for four-hand piano — the bittersweet Adagietto from his 5th Symphony. This program will be streamed *LIVE* from the historic Schuilkerk De Hoop in Amsterdam!

PROGRAM

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
Arianna a Naxos, Hob XXVIb:2

1. Recitative: “Teseo mio ben”
2. Aria: “Dove sei, mio bel tesoro?”
3. Recitative: “Ma, a chi parlo?”
4. Aria: “Ah! che morir vorrei”

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911), arr. Otto Singer, Jr. (1863–1931)
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, arr. piano four-hands

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Frauenliebe und Leben (A Woman’s Love and Life), Op. 42

1. “Seit ich ihn gesehen”
2. “Er, der Herrlichste von allen”
3. “Ich kann’s nicht fassen, nicht glauben”
4. “Du Ring an meinem Finger”
5. “Helft mir, ihr Schwestern”
6. “Süsser Freund, du blickest”
7. “An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust”
8. “Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan”

FEATURED GUESTS

BARBARA KOZELJ, mezzo-soprano
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RICHARD EGARR, keyboard
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ALEXANDRA NEPOMNYASHCHAYA, keyboard
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