Art Song On the Couch: Lieder in Freud’s Vienna
Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 8 pm
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center (129 W. 67th, NYC)
Janai Brugger, soprano; John Brancy, baritone
Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, pianists
In the early years of the 20th century German Lieder took on a new psychological and musical complexity: Gustav Mahler had a life-changing encounter with Sigmund Freud; Richard Strauss’s Ophelia-Lieder brought Shakespeare’s heroine into the analyst’s office; and German art song entered a new Golden Age fueled by dreams and hidden desires. Music by Wolf, Mahler, Schoenberg, Strauss, and others.
New York Festival of Song
307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1206
New York, NY 10001
Direct: 646.230.8019 / General: 646-230-8380
claire.molloy@nyfos.org / www.nyfos.org
“probing, provocative concerts filled with worthwhile music and outstanding singers.” —TimeOut New York
“The best classical programming in New York.” —New York Magazine
Tickets: $40-55; from the Merkin Box Office (212-501-3330)
$20 ‘Real Deal’ tickets and $10 Student tickets still available. (Phone orders only; quantities limited.)