Translations by LESLIE MINCHIN , who also devised this concert given at the Wigmore Hall, London, in October 1977. It follows Brahms's development as a songwriter.
ANNE COLLINS (contralto) JOHN BARROW (baritone) DAVID WILLISON (piano) Early songs (1852-64)
Contralto: Spanish song: True love: Greeting: To an Aeolian harp; The blacksmith; On love that endures
Baritone: Nine songs to poems by Platen and Daumer, Op 32
2.45* Interval Reading
2.50* Brahms Songs Part 2
I.ater songs (1871-86)
Duets: Strained relations; The fruitless serenade
Contralto: Twilight falls; Theresa; The sleepwalker; Oh spring is the season for loving; Like melodies; The Serenade, Op 106 No 1 The farewell songs (1896) Baritone: Four Serious songs
(Opus 32 Songs in German: Concert Hall, next Wednesday)