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Young Artists Recital: Dvořák and his Musical Father | Walter Hall, Toronto
Young Artists Recital: Dvořák and his Musical Father | Walter Hall, Toronto
Songs and duets by Brahms and Dvořák
date: November 30, 2004
It was Brahms who, in 1875, was much impressed by Dvořák’s Moravian Duets and recommended them to his publisher, Simrock. The cycle had been part of a submission to the Austrian State Prize for composition; unknown to the composer, Brahms and the influential critic, Hanslick, were on the jury. Brahms forthwith, as it were, ‘adopted’ the younger composer and was crucial in making his work known throughout Europe and, eventually, America. Our programme, therefore, compared and contrasted songs and duets by the two men. We used the German versions of the Czech poetry, which in fact was how the Zigeuner-Lieder first appeared in print.
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weg der Liebe I, Op.20/1 | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Herder, Johann Gottfried |
| Weg der Liebe II, Op.20/2 | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Herder, Johann Gottfried |
| Guter Rat, Op.75/2 | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | anon. (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) |
| Alte Liebe, Op.72/1 | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Candidus, Karl August |
| An die Nachtigall, Op.46/4 | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Hölty, Ludwig |
| Das Mädchen spricht, Op.107/3 | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Gruppe, Otto Friedrich |
| Lerchengesang, Op.70/2 | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Candidus, Karl August |
| Botschaft, Op.47/1 | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Daumer, Georg Friedrich, after Hafis |
| Traun! Bogen und Pfeil, Op.33/2 (Die schöne Magelone) | Hegedus, Stephen, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Tieck, Ludwig |
| Liebe kam aus fernen Landen, Op.33/4 (Die schöne Magelone) | Hegedus, Stephen, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Tieck, Ludwig |
| War es dir, dem diese Lippen bebten, Op.33/7 (Die schöne Magelone) | Hegedus, Stephen, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Tieck, Ludwig |
| Wie schnell verschwindet, Op.33/11 (Die schöne Magelone) | Hegedus, Stephen, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Tieck, Ludwig |
| Wie froh und frisch, Op.33/14 (Die schöne Magelone) | Hegedus, Stephen, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Tieck, Ludwig |
| Die Flucht, Op.32/1 (Moravian Duets) | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | anon. |
| Das Vöglein, Op.32/2 (Moravian duets) | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | anon. |
| Die Trennung, Op.32/3 (Moravian duets) | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | anon. |
| Scheiden ohne Leiden, Op.32/4 (Moravian Duets) | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | anon. |
| Das Pfand der Liebe, Op.32/5 (Moravian Duets) | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | anon. |
| Die Verlassene, Op.32/6 (Moravian Duets) | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | anon. |
| Die Träne, Op.32/7 (Moravian Duets) | DiMaria, Lisa, soprano; Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | anon. |
| Mein Lied ertönt, Op.55/1 (Zigeunerlieder) | Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | Heyduk, Adolf |
| Ei, wie mein Triangel, Op.55/2 (Zigeunerlieder) | Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | Heyduk, Adolf |
| Rings ist der Wald, Op.55/3 (Zigeunerlieder) | Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | Heyduk, Adolf |
| Als die alte Mutter, Op.55/4 (Zigeunerlieder) | Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | Heyduk, Adolf |
| Reingestimmt die Saiten, Op.55/5 (Zigeunerlieder) | Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | Heyduk, Adolf |
| In dem weiten, breiten, luft’gen Leinenkleide, Op.55/6 (Zigeunerlieder) | Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | Heyduk, Adolf |
| Horstet hoch der Habicht auf den Felsenhöhen, Op.55/7 (Zigeunerlieder) | Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Dvořák, Antonín | Heyduk, Adolf |
| Es rauschet das Wasser, Op.28/3 | Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Hegedus, Stephen, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von |
| Die Nonne und der Ritter, Op.28/1 | Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Hegedus, Stephen, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von |
| Vor der Tür, Op.28/2 | Yemen, Jillian, mezzo; Hegedus, Stephen, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | anon. |