Anna Lucia Richter & Ammiel Bushakevitz

Join us for another beautiful Lied evening at the Mogens Dahl Concert Hall, as the young German star, mezzo-soprano Anna Lucia Richter, visits Islands Brygge to open our autumn concert series. The art of solo song with piano accompaniment is the very essence of Romantic chamber music — and it finds its perfect setting in the light, intimate surroundings of our concert hall.

It was Franz Schubert who, at just 17 years of age, marked a turning point in the history of the Lied with his masterpiece Gretchen am Spinnrade, paving the way for a long line of predominantly German composers of the genre. Among them was Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, only slightly older, whose songs — though not as groundbreaking or varied as Schubert’s — are refined and marked by great clarity.

A demanding career as a conductor meant that Gustav Mahler had to carefully prioritise his compositional efforts, which he focused primarily on songs and symphonies — often in dialogue with each other. His collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn, based on folk poetry, is a clear example, with themes that reappear in several of his symphonies.

Where Mahler’s music often straddles the line between tradition and the early stirrings of modernism, Johannes Brahms openly embraced the legacy of Bach, Beethoven, and even Renaissance music. His nearly 200 Lieder with piano accompaniment represent a pinnacle of the genre — in many ways completing the arc that Schubert began.

Anna Lucia Richter appears regularly on the world’s leading concert and opera stages, equally accomplished in both recital and operatic repertoire. She has collaborated with renowned pianists including Sir András Schiff and Mitsuko Uchida. For this concert, she will be joined by the young but highly accomplished pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz.

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847): 6 Songs, Op. 34

Minnelied

Auf Flügeln des Gesanges

Frühlingslied

Suleika

Sonntagslied

Reiselied

Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Selected Songs

Der Einsame

Gretchen am Spinnrade

Wiegenlied

Auf dem Wasser zu singen

Der Wanderer an den Mond

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Gustav Mahler (1860–1911): From "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"

Rheinlegendchen

Urlicht

Das irdische Leben

Lob des hohen Verstandes

Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): Selected Songs

Vergebliches Ständchen

Feldeinsamkeit

Verzagen

Die Mainacht

Von ewiger Liebe