Mark Padmore, tenor og Jonathan Biss, klaver
Mogens Dahl Koncertsal / København S / 6. okt. 2026 / 20:00
Mark Padmore, tenor & Jonathan Biss, piano
Mark Padmore and Jonathan Biss have formed a unique musical partnership. With his textual, almost conversational approach, Padmore shapes each phrase with linguistic precision and psychological empathy in a close dialogue with Biss, highlighting the underlying tensions and colors of the piano. In the romantic and emotional songs of Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, this interplay becomes particularly effective.
Schubert: Der Wanderer an den Mond D870
Schubert: Im Freien D880
Schubert: Nachtstück D672
Schubert: Romanze (Rosamunde) D797
Schubert: An die Leier D737
Schubert: Im Frühling D882
Schubert: Alinde D904
Schubert: Der Einsame D800
Schubert: Der Winterabend D938
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Schumann: from H.C Andersen Lieder op. 40
Schumann: Kerner Lieder op. 35
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Although Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven also wrote lieder that are still performed, it was Franz Schubert who, at the age of just 17, with his masterpiece Gretchen am Spinnrade, heralded a development of the Lieder that paved the way for subsequent primarily German performers of the art.
The program this evening first features 9 Lieder by Schubert, carefully selected from his approximately 600 Lieder.
These are not songs from the well-known cycles, but individual songs such as Der Wanderer an den Mond, Im Frühling and Der Winterabend, which provide various examples of Schubert's special way of setting the texts to music, where the dialogue between singer and pianist feels completely organic.
For the first 30 years of his life, Robert Schumann did not think highly of the Lieder, but in 1840 he suddenly threw himself into the genre, and in this year alone wrote almost half of his total of approximately 300 Lieder, in which he continued the line from Schubert, although with an often more empathetic lyrical accompaniment.
For this concert, Padmore and Biss have chosen two of the lesser-known collections: The 12 songs with lyrics by the now largely forgotten poet Justinus Kerne, and a selection of songs from the five songs with lyrics by H.C. Andersen in German translation.