Magdalena Kožená & Simon Rattle

BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ (1890—1959)
Písničky na dvě stránky (Songs on Two Pages)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862—1918)
Trois Chansons de Bilitis

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833—1897)
Fünf Ophelia-Lieder

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864—1949)
Drei Lieder der Ophelia, op. 67

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841—1904)
Večerní písně (Evening Songs, extracts)
Cypřiše (Cypress Trees, extracts)

LEOŠ JANÁČEK (1854—1928)
Moravská lidová poezie v písních (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs)

The mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, accompanied on the piano by Sir Simon Rattle, conjures up images of women from European literature and folklore, with a recital full of ever-changing colour in which melodies by Debussy and Dvořák are intertwined with Moravian songs by Janáček, lieder by Brahms and Strauss, and works by Martinů.

PROGRAMME (PDF IN FRENCH)