Love Songs
Featuring Brahms’s Liebeslieder & Neue Liebeslieder

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 | 7:30 PM | Resonance at SOMA Towers
288 106th Avenue NE, Suite 203, Bellevue

Brahms tapped into a lucrative vein when composing a set of Liebeslieder Walzer (“Lovesong Waltzes”) in 1868. They were so popular that his publisher requested a second set. These audience favorites have since been adopted by choruses worldwide, but the Emerald Ensemble will present them as originally intended, for four solo voices and piano four-hands. Our four soloists will also sing a bouquet of art-songs on the subject of love. This is a Valentine’s Day event to cherish forever.

See concert program, including program note, texts, and translations.

Repertoire
superscript indicates performers as listed below

  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) – Liebeslieder Walzer, op.52
    – performed by four solo voices and piano four-hands
  • Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) – Tell me the truth about love 2,6
  • William Bolcom (b.1938) – Amor 2,6
  • Celius Dougherty (1902-1986) – Love in the Dictionary 2,6
  • Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) – Après un rêve 3,5
  • William Walton (1902-1983) – Beatriz's Song 3,5
  • Samuel Barber (1910-1981) – I hear an army 3,5
    intermission
  • George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) – Sì, tra i ceppi 4,6
  • Donald M. Skirvin (b.1946) – Through Love's Eyes 4,6
    – world premiere performance
  • Franz Liszt (1811-1886) – Oh! quand je dors 1,5
  • Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) – En drøm 1,5
  • Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) – Var det en dröm 1,5
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) – Neue Liebeslieder Walzer, op.65
    – performed by four solo voices and piano four-hands

Performing Artists

  1. Maria Männistö, soprano
  2. Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
  3. Gary D. Cannon, tenor
  4. J. Scott Kovacs, bass-baritone
  5. Christina Siemens, piano
  6. Jay C. Rozendaal, piano