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Arnold Schoenberg, Gurre-Lieder
- I, 1: Orchestral Prelude
- I, 2: "Nun dämpft die Dämm'rung"
- I, 3: "O, wenn des mondes Strahlen"
- I, 4: "Ross! Mein Ross!"
- I, 5: "Sterne jubeln"
- I, 6: "So tanzen die Engel vor Gottes Thron nicht"
- I, 7: "Nun sag ich dir zum ersten Mal"
- I, 8: "Es ist Mitternachtszeit"
- I, 9: "Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick"
- I, 10: "Du wunderliche Tove!"
- I, 11: Orchestral Interlude
- I, 12: "Tauben von Gurre!"
- II, 1: "Herrgott, weisst du, was du tatest"
- III, 1: "Erwacht, König Waldemars Mannen wert!"
- III, 2: "Deckel des Sarges klappert"
- III, 3: "Gegrüsst, o König"
- III, 4: "Mit Toves Stimme flüstert der Wald"
- III, 5: "Ein seltsamer Vogel ist so'n Aal"
- III, 6: "Du strenger Richter droben"
- III, 7: "Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht"
- III, 8: Prelude
- III, 9: "Herr Gänsefuss, Frau Gänsekraut"
- III, 10: "Seht die Sonne!"

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concert Rafael Payare conducts Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder — With Dorothea Röschmann, Clay Hilley, Karen Cargill, Stephan Rügamer, Thomas E. Bauer, and Ben Heppner Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal: 2024-25 season opener

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal: 2024-25 season opener

Rafael Payare conducts Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder — With Dorothea Röschmann, Clay Hilley, Karen Cargill, Stephan Rügamer, Thomas E. Bauer, and Ben Heppner Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal: 2024-25 season opener

About

Rafael Payare reunites with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, of which he has been music director since 2022, for an unforgettable rendition of the monumental Gurre-Lieder, just in time for the 150th birthday of its composer Arnold Schoenberg! This profound and personal oratorio, the composer's most important tonal work, reflects the young Schoenberg's admiration for the Romanticism (and post-Romanticism) of Mahler, Brahms, and Wagner, while prefiguring the experimental tonality and atonality to come in his future compositions. Gurre-Lieder loosely recounts the legend around Danish King Valdemar IV and his mistress Tove, who is murdered by the King's jealous wife Helvig. German soprano Dorothea Röschmann and American tenor Clay Hilley step admirably into the roles of Tove and Waldemar — part of a formidable cast that features 200 singers and 150 musicians, all combining their efforts for an epic performance that blends poetic finesse and psychological power.

Cast

Dorothea Röschmann | Soprano
Clay Hilley | Tenor
Karen Cargill | Alto
Stephan Rügamer | Tenor
Thomas E. Bauer | Baritone
Ben Heppner | Narration
Mani Soleymanlou | Presenter

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Choir
Andrew Megill | Chorus Master
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Rafael Payare | Conductor

Program

Arnold Schoenberg, Gurre-Lieder
- I, 1: Orchestral Prelude
- I, 2: "Nun dämpft die Dämm'rung"
- I, 3: "O, wenn des mondes Strahlen"
- I, 4: "Ross! Mein Ross!"
- I, 5: "Sterne jubeln"
- I, 6: "So tanzen die Engel vor Gottes Thron nicht"
- I, 7: "Nun sag ich dir zum ersten Mal"
- I, 8: "Es ist Mitternachtszeit"
- I, 9: "Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick"
- I, 10: "Du wunderliche Tove!"
- I, 11: Orchestral Interlude
- I, 12: "Tauben von Gurre!"
- II, 1: "Herrgott, weisst du, was du tatest"
- III, 1: "Erwacht, König Waldemars Mannen wert!"
- III, 2: "Deckel des Sarges klappert"
- III, 3: "Gegrüsst, o König"
- III, 4: "Mit Toves Stimme flüstert der Wald"
- III, 5: "Ein seltsamer Vogel ist so'n Aal"
- III, 6: "Du strenger Richter droben"
- III, 7: "Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht"
- III, 8: Prelude
- III, 9: "Herr Gänsefuss, Frau Gänsekraut"
- III, 10: "Seht die Sonne!"