Wigmore Hall 125: Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber

The baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber met over three decades ago while studying at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik und Theater. Their devotion to the interpretation of lied became has become evident in the critically acclaimed recordings that have become genre-defining examples of the repertoire, while their creative rapport has received rapturous response by audiences in the concert halls of New York, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Madrid, Milan and among others, London. And it’s to the British capital they return this evening to celebrate Wigmore Hall’s quasquicentennial anniversary with a programme of lieder spanning Beethoven’s portrayal of love and nature, as well as highlights from the songbook of Wolf’s response to Mörike’s poetic idylls.

Broadcast live and presented by Martin Handley.

Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Frühlingsmorgen
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Ablösung im Sommer
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Nicht wiedersehen!
Wolf: Mörike Lieder: Lied eines Verliebten
Wolf: Mörike Lieder: Im Frühling
Wolf: Mörike Lieder: Denk' es, o Seele!
Wolf: Mörike Lieder: Der Feuerreiter
Berg: Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4
Brahms: Wir wandelten Op. 96 No. 2
Brahms: Über die Heide Op. 86 No. 4
Brahms: Anklänge Op. 7 No. 3
Brahms: Verzagen Op. 72 No. 4
Brahms: Meerfahrt Op. 96 No. 4
Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Gerold Huber (piano)

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