The song in the spotlight for today’s blog post is “Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft”. It was composed by Gustav Mahler and appears in his
Tag: Lieder
“Do Not Look Into My Songs” I can sympathise with the poet Friedrich Rückert whilst reading his poem “Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder”, in
On the train back to our London home via Paddington this evening after performing my first concert of 2019 with George Todica. What a thrilling
Franz Schubert, born in January 1797, was an Austrian composer who died at the young age of 31 years. His work bridged classical and romantic.
I have written previously about Richard Strauss on my blog as I find many of his songs to be full of romance and the beauty
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) had been regarded as brilliant pianist predicted by his teacher to become one of the finest in Europe. Unfortunately he suffered an
This year at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland I am working on German Lieder. ‘Lied’ is a German and Dutch word meaning “song” and I