Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Romantic loving and longing

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Romantic loving and longing

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From the Wigmore Hall, London. Christoph Pregardien and Julius Drake.

From the Wigmore Hall, London. Tenor Christoph Pregardien and pianist Julius Drake perform Schumann's Eichendorff Liederkreis and Romantic ballads by Karl Loewe.

From the Wigmore Hall, London. Christoph Prégardien, one of the great lyric tenors of our time, is joined by his regular song partner, Julius Drake in a programme of German Romantic song. Their programme begins with two ballads by Carl Loewe, 'the Schubert of North Germany', and ends with Schumann's settings of poems by the great Romantic poet Eichendorff. 

Carl Loewe: Der Nöck; Erlkönig
Robert Schumann: Belsazar
Franz Liszt: Die Loreley
Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 39

Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)

First broadcast on 16 April 2018.

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