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Songs by Beethoven and Schumann

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Imogen Cooper perform a selection of Beethoven songs and Schumann's great song cycle, Liederkreis.

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Imogen Cooper perform Beethoven songs and Robert Schumann's great song cycle, Liederkreis, a product of the concentrated surge of creative energy seemingly unleashed by at last winning the legal case that allowed Robert to marry his beloved Clara Wieck.

Introduced by Georgia Mann.

Beethoven: Resignation WoO 149
Beethoven: Sehnsucht WoO 146
Beethoven: Ich liebe dich WoO 123
Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 39

Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Imogen Cooper (piano)

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 30 Sep 2020 13:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Resignation WoO.149

    Performer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Imogen Cooper.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sehnsucht WoO.134

    Performer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Imogen Cooper.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zartliche Liebe WoO.123 "Ich liebe dich'"

    Performer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Imogen Cooper.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    An die ferne Geliebte Op.98

    Performer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Imogen Cooper.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Aus Goethes Faust, Op.75

  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis Op.39

    Performer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Imogen Cooper.

Broadcast

  • Wed 30 Sep 2020 13:00