Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Thomas Hampson (baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor
Lothar Zagrosek.
Since making his debut at the New York Met in 1986, the American baritone
Thomas Hampson has appeared there regularly, and is a frequent guest at European opera houses. His performance of Des
Knaben Wunderhorn with Jessye Norman and Claudio Abbado was a highlight of the 1989 Salzburg Festival.
The anthology of folk verse on which Mahler based his settings played an important part in rekindling German national pride in the early 19th century.
Weber Overture: Oberon
Schumann Symphony No 1 in Bflat (Spring)
8.15 Roger Cardinal talks about the Knaben
Wunderhorn.
8.35 Mahler
Des Knaben Wunderhorn