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Portraits of the four contributors on a brown and white dotted background
© Kristīne Matvejeva

Song recital

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with the vocal students of the HfMT
Monday, 02/09/2026 20:00 Laeiszhalle, Kleiner Saal

A program of international master songs from classicism to modernism: From Luise's dramatic revenge and Gretchen's inner monologue to Brahms' eternal love and biblical heaviness, Debussy's Verlainian impression, the mystical Chinese orchid, Latvian folk whispers and Britten's cabaret truth - interpreted by Kristīne Matvejeva (mezzo-soprano), Yanyan Cheng (baritone), Oda Lou Johansen (soprano) and Saida Timina (piano).


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"When Luise burned the letters of her unfaithful lover"
Franz Schubert
"Gretchen am Spinnrade"
Johannes Brahms
"Von ewiger Liebe"
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Adelaide"
Edvard Grieg
From "Six Songs":
- Zur Rosenzeit
- Ein Traum
Claude Debussy
"Trois mélodies de Verlaine":
1. La mer est plus belle que les cathédrales
2. Le son du cor s'afflige vers les bois
3. L'échelonnement des haies
Johannes Brahms
From "Vier ernste Gesänge":
- Denn es gehet dem Menschen
- Ich wandte mich
- O Tod, how bitter you are
ZhaoJiping
幽兰操 / Ode to the Hidden Orchid
JānisMediņš
"Ich eins vakars"
JānisĶepītis
"Neuzticīgā čigāniete"
PēterisPlakidis
"Kas dimd, kas rīb"
From "Three Poems by Ojārs Vācietis":
"Siltā lietū"
Benjamin Britten
From "Cabaret Songs":
"Tell me the truth about love"

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