The current front-runner in the new generation of Lieder singers… wonderfully expressive and seductive”Gramophone
Appl is not only a singer of boundless promise, he is already a great artist.”
BBC Music Magazine
In dynastic terms the young German baritone Benjamin Appl is lieder royalty.”
The Spectator
Join us for an evening of adventure, romance, magic, high emotion, and beautiful music performed by German baritone Benjamin Appl. Appl will bring the piano-and-voice partnership of 19th century to life alongside celebrated pianist James Baillieu. A debut on all fronts—two young performers and Premiere Performances’ first voice recital!
Appl’s programme, entitled “Heimat”, tracks Appl’s first disc on Sony Classics, which the Guardian called an “impressive, poignant, finely judged performance.” It is a carefully assembled programme that explores not just the abstract concept of ‘Heimat’ (rootedness, longing and belonging) but also the young baritone’s relationship with his two homelands, Germany and England. A distinctive feature of the programme is the way that the songs move from predominantly German lied to a group of English songs, reflecting the way Appl moved between the two countries.
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Programme
PROLOGUE
Franz SchubertSeligkeit (Hölty), D. 433
ROOTS
Max RegerDes Kindes Gebet (Rafael), Op. 76, No. 22
Hugo WolfEr ist’s (Mörike)
Johannes BrahmsWiegenlied (Volkslied), Op. 49, No. 4
PLACES
Franz SchubertDer Einsame (Lappe), D. 800
Johannes BrahmsMondnacht (Eichendorff), Op. 3, No. 5
Franz SchrekerWaldeinsamkeit (Arnold)
PEOPLE
Johannes BrahmsMein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund (Volkslied)
Richard StraussAllerseelen (Gilm), Op. 10, No. 8
Franz SchubertNachtstück (Mayrhofer), D. 672
VOYAGE
Franz SchubertDrang in die Ferne (Leitner), D. 770
Franz SchubertDer Wanderer an den Mond (Seidl), D.870
Adolf StraussIch weiß bestimmt, ich wird’ dich wiedersehen (Hift)
intermission
LONGING
Franz SchubertDas Heimweh (Hell), D. 456
Franz SchubertDer Wanderer (Schmidt), D. 489
BOUNDLESS
Francis PoulencHyde Park (Apollinaire), FP. 127, No. 2
Benjamin BrittenGreensleeves (Folk Song)
Ralph Vaughan-WilliamsSilent Noon (Rosetti)
Henry Rowley BishopHome, Sweet Home (Payne)
Peter WarlockMy Own Country (Belloc)
Peter WarlockThe Bachelor (Anonymous)
John IrelandIf There Were Dreams To Sell (Beddoes)
EPILOGUE
Edvard GriegSechs deutsche Lieder, Op. 48
1. Gruß (Heine)
2. Dereinst, Gedanke mein (Geibel)
3. Lauf der Welt (Uhland)
4. Die verschwiegene Nachtigall (von der Vogelweide)
5. Zur Rosenzeit (Goethe)
6. Ein Traum (Bodenstedt)
