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Two great artists unite for what promises to be a dazzling, unforgettable evening of music. Evgeny Kissin’s musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have earned him the admiration deserved only by one of the most gifted classical pianists of his generation. Matthias Goerne is acknowledged as one of the great lieder interpreters of our era.

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Kissin and Goerne in Recital: Schumann & Brahms

Severance Music Center

Fabio Luisi leads all musical forces (including former DSO artist-in-residence Matthias Goerne) in Brahms’s inspiring work. Gone are the rafter-shaking Last Judgment and punishment for sinners; instead, this Requiem’s centerpiece is the gentle “How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place,” comforting the bereaved and giving them the hope for eternal life. A balm for the soul. With English supertitles.



Brahms Requiem

Meyerson Symphony Center

The BSO and Andris Nelsons complete their multi-season survey of Dmitri Shostakovich’s symphonies with No. 13, Babi Yar, based on poems by Yevgeny Yevteshenko. The title poem condemns Soviet revisionist history and antisemitism surrounding a Nazi massacre of Ukrainian Jews. The outstanding German bass-baritone Matthias Goerne is soloist. Opening the program, frequent BSO guest Augustin Hadelich plays Benjamin Britten’s early, lyrical and poignant Violin Concerto, the composer’s reaction to the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War.

Andris Nelsons Conducts Britten and Shostakovich at the BSO

Boston Symphony Hall

Although Brahms was just 50 when he wrote his Third Symphony, he looked back to younger days with the musical quotation of the motto Frei aber froh (“Free but happy”). In the rising exclamation from the winds that open this great symphony, the F-A-F motif hits you immediately. The compactness of the work intensifies the dramatic aspects of his third and penultimate symphony. As you listen to this richly romantic piece, you get a real sense that Brahms had hit his stride as a composer.

Brahms Symphony No. 3

A supple and expressive voice and the uncanny ability to tell stories through music have made Matthias Goerne a favorite of SF Performances audiences. The San Francisco Chronicle has reported on his seriousness and sensual allure, “probing each song for its emotional undercurrent, then bringing that vein to the surface in musical paragraphs of weightiness and simple elegance.” Seong-Jin Cho “is a master. He displayed an impressive variety of tonal colors and remarkable technique, dispatched with jaw-dropping panache” (The Wall Street Journal).

Matthias Goerne, Baritone and  Seong-Jin Cho, Pianist

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Legendary German baritone Matthias Goerne, one of the world’s most renowned Lieder singers, joined by internationally sought-after pianist Seong-jin Cho, perform a selection of songs by Wolf, Pfitner, and Strauss, and Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder. Wagner once proclaimed “I have not written anything better than these songs and very few of my works will be remembered besides them.” While history has proved him wrong, the Wesendonck Lieder stands out as an absorbing document of Wagner’s complex relationships, revealing the composer in his most fragile mode.

Matthias Goerne

Baritone

Events

Apr 14, 2024

Kissin and Goerne in Recital: Schumann & Brahms · The Cleveland Orchestra

4 - 6 Apr, 2024

Brahms Requiem · Dallas Symphony Orchestra

4 - 6 May, 2023

Andris Nelsons Conducts Britten and Shostakovich at the BSO · Boston Symphony Orchestra

16 - 18 Mar, 2023

Brahms Symphony No. 3 · Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Apr 9, 2022

Matthias Goerne, Baritone and Seong-Jin Cho, Pianist · San Francisco Performances

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