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In our final episode of our compare and contrast season we discuss Liebst du um Schönheit by Gustav Mahler and Clara Wieck Schumann. With guest performers mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Decker and pianist Samuel Martin.
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Today we have not one, not two, but THREE settings of the text Waldseligkeit by Richard Dehmel. See if you can guess the mystery composers before their names are reveled after receiving the clues and live performances of their settings by Erin Keesey and Samuel Martin!
Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about their network of podcasts at cincinnatsonginitiative.org/podcasts
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A lively discussion with guest co-host Ben Offringa covering Heine's text Allnächtlich im Traume in settings by Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann. With guest performers Tristan Tournaud, Parker Konkle, Ethan Neal, and Sihan Zhang.
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The ASMR Lieder podcast you didn't know you needed! If you can make it past Brian's dubious soundscaping in today's episode then you're in for a treat as we discuss Goethe and his(?) text Rastlose Liebe in settings by Zelter and Schubert. Special thanks to guest performers Erin Keesy, Olivia Knutsen, and Samuel Martin!
Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about their network of podcasts at cincinnatsonginitiative.org/podcasts
Learn more about the 2025 Fellowship of the Song and apply to be a Fellow here.
Join Mandee and Janie as they discuss the legend of the Lorelei and compare settings by Robert Schumann and Alexander Zemlinsky. With guest performances by Erik Nordstrom, Parker Konkle, Erin Keesy, and Samuel Martin.
Picture of Zemlinsky
Concert program
Flight documents
Lorelei Rock
Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about their network of podcasts at cincinnatsonginitiative.org/podcasts
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This month's episode of Follow the Lieder is slightlyyyyy delayed, so enjoy this bonus episode from Song Cycle hosted by CSI founder Samuel Martin! The great Scottish pianist Iain Burnside joins Sam for a fun and informative conversation. Come for the sage advice on how to stay active in this ever-changing classical music landscape, stay for the greatest page-turning fail you never knew you needed to hear.
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Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about their network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org/podcasts.
Learn more about the 2025 Fellowship of the Song and apply to be a Fellow here.
Murder ballades, Raisin Brahms, and the 'Schubert of the North' are just a few of the things you're not gonna want to miss in this month's episode of Follow the Lieder with guest co-host Brian Sikich.
With guest performances by Erik Nordstrom, Parker Konkle, Lucy Evans, and Logan Wagner.
https://www.eriknordstrom.com/
https://parkerkonkle.com/
https://lucyevansmezzo.com/
https://www.loganwagnertenor.com/
Link to article
The History of Murder Ballades and the Women Who Flipped the Script
Sing Loewe's Edward with me!
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The advent of Season 4 of Follow the Lieder is upon us! All season long we will be comparing various settings of the same text within each episode, beginning today with Heinrich Heine's text “Ich stand in dunklen Träumen” as set by Franz Schubert and Clara Wieck Schumann.
With guest vocalist Naomi Merer Witzen
Sing Schubert's setting with me!
Sing Clara's setting with me!
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In this episode of Follow the Lieder we discuss Schubert's song Kriegers Ahnung and music's role in highlighting our shared humanity in the face of war. With special guest cellist Da Yoon Kang.
Sources:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/bulge-dispatches/
Forgotten Voices of the Second World War by Max Arthur
https://www.msf.org/data-and-patient-accounts-reveal-indiscriminate-attacks-against-civilians-ukraine-war
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/learning/teaching-about-the-israel-hamas-war.html
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/rare-personal-accounts-of-life-in-the-trenches-in-1917
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/opinion/israel-hamas-hostage.html
https://richmond.com/news/local/hersh-goldberg-hamas-hostage/article_eeced124-93aa-11ee-a806-27270ca975f8.html
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The self-proclaimed first-class second-rate composer Richard Strauss is the topic of today's episode. Join us as we discuss a brief history of his life and cover his song Allerseellen with guest host Janie Roy and guest vocalist Liisa Dàvila.
Sing Allerseelen with me
Find Liisa here
Find Janie here
Sources: The Lieder of Richard Strauss by Alan Jefferson; The life of Richard Strauss by Bryan Gilliam; Strauss by Laurenz Lütteken; "Actually, I like my songs best": Strauss's Lieder by Susan Youens; Strauss in the Third Reich by Michael Walter; The Lieder of Richard Strauss by Christine Getz; Allerseelen English translation by Richard Stokes
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