{"id":1853,"date":"2014-07-24T10:54:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T09:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2014-07-24T10:54:42","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T09:54:42","slug":"oxford-lieder-festival-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=1853","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Lieder Festival 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE SCHUBERT PROJECT<\/strong><\/span>
\nBRINGING SCHUBERT\u2019S VIENNA TO OXFORD<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

10 October \u2013 1 November 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the world\u2019s greatest musicians arrive in Oxford this October to take part in\u00a0The Schubert Project –<\/b>\u00a0the UK\u2019s first complete performance of Schubert\u2019s songs, and a world first in the scope of a single festival. Around this unparalleled body of work \u2013 some 650 songs by the age of just 31 \u2013 the city of Oxford will be buzzing with other Lieder Festival events planned to illuminate the songs and bring to life the world that Schubert inhabited.<\/p>\n

The Festival is launched with a stellar cast of tenors and baritones (John Mark Ainsley<\/b>,\u00a0Joshua Ellicott<\/b>,\u00a0James Gilchrist<\/b>,Daniel Norman<\/b>\u00a0\/\u00a0Neal Davies,<\/b>\u00a0William Dazeley<\/b>,\u00a0Stephan Loges<\/b>,\u00a0Christopher Maltman<\/b>) joined by mezzo sopranoSarah Connolly\u00a0<\/b>for songs, partsongs and the exquisite serenade,\u00a0Z\u00f6gernd leise<\/i>\u00a0(10 Oct).\u00a0 In more than 60 concerts, singers include\u00a0Sir Thomas Allen<\/b>\u00a0(25 Oct),\u00a0Ian Bostridge\u00a0<\/b>(16 Oct),\u00a0Christiane Karg<\/b>\u00a0(21 Oct),\u00a0Susan Gritton\u00a0<\/b>(26 Oct),Dietrich Henschel<\/b>\u00a0(17 Oct),\u00a0Robert Holl<\/b>\u00a0(28 Oct),\u00a0Wolfgang Holzmair<\/b>\u00a0(30 Oct),\u00a0Sophie Karth\u00e4use<\/b>r (11 Oct),\u00a0Angelika Kirchschlager<\/b>\u00a0(29 Oct),\u00a0Jonathan Lemalu\u00a0<\/b>(1 Nov),\u00a0Mark Padmore\u00a0<\/b>(24 Oct),\u00a0Christoph Pr\u00e9gardien<\/b>\u00a0(19 Oct),Maximilian Schmitt<\/b>\u00a0(28 Oct),\u00a0Sylvia Schwartz\u00a0<\/b>(11 Oct),\u00a0Birgid Steinberger<\/b>\u00a0(11 Oct),\u00a0Kate Royal\u00a0<\/b>(13 Oct) andRoderick Williams\u00a0<\/b>(15 Oct), alongside emerging stars including\u00a0Allan Clayton<\/b>,\u00a0Anna Lucia Richter,<\/b>\u00a0Martin Haessler, Christoph Pohl\u00a0<\/b>and many others. They will be joined by the world’s leading pianists, including\u00a0Thomas Ad\u00e8s<\/b>,\u00a0Eugene Asti,<\/b>\u00a0Imogen Cooper<\/b>,\u00a0Julius Drake<\/b>,\u00a0Bengt Forsberg<\/b>,\u00a0Graham Johnson<\/b>,\u00a0Malcolm Martineau,<\/b>\u00a0Roger Vignoles\u00a0<\/b>&Justus Zeyen<\/b>. In addition, the\u00a0Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment<\/b>, the\u00a0Doric String Quartet<\/b>\u00a0and the\u00a0Schubert Ensemble<\/b>\u00a0will be performing key chamber works.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Bodleian Library<\/b>\u00a0will show several Schubert manuscripts; the\u00a0Ashmolean Museum<\/b>\u00a0will host live music events and a specially-devised audio guide; there will be four performances of\u00a0 a new play by\u00a0Iain Burnside<\/b>;\u00a0<\/b>Schubert\u2019s\u00a0sacred music<\/b>will resound around college chapels;\u00a0<\/b>the\u00a0Botanic Gardens<\/b>\u00a0will collaborate on a study event looking at Schubert\u2019s relationship with nature; a pop-up theatre will recreate a famous Schubert gathering; and local restaurants will feature Viennese food and wine. Masterclasses, talks and workshops abound, and the Festival will stretch to all corners of the city from Christopher Wren\u2019s Sheldonian Theatre and Europe\u2019s oldest concert hall \u2013 the\u00a0Holywell Music Room<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 to the contemporary settings of the O\u2019Reilly Theatre, the Phoenix Cinema and the recently-restored Ashmolean Museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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