RECITAL

“In a recital, you face the public, without orchestra nor conductor nor costumes. You alone must create the dramatic action,” explains the young German baritone Benjamin Appl.  It is no doubt in application of this principle that he has become one of the most sought-after voices in lieder,  highlighted by the BBC New Generation Artist programme and laureate of the Gramophone Young Artist of the Year in 2016. With Heimat, he proposes a musical and poetic voyage, an affective trajectory, ranging from nostalgic to flamboyant, through the Romantic repertoire to Poulenc…

Benjamin Appl baryton
Simon Lepper piano

PROLOG
Franz Schubert
Seligkeit (Hölty) D433 1’50

LOCATIONS
Max Reger
Des Kindes Gebet (Rafael) op. 76/22 1’40

Franz Schubert 
Der Einsame (Lappe) D 800 4’10

Franz Schreker
Waldeinsamkeit (Arnold) 3’10

PEOPLE
Johannes Brahms
Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund (Folk song) WoO 21 1’40

Edvard Grieg
Zur Rosenzeit (Goethe) op. 48/5 3’00

Richard Strauss
Allerseelen (Gilm) op. 10/8 3’10

ON THE ROAD
Franz Schubert
Drang in die Ferne (Leitner) D770 3’40

Franz Schubert
Der Wanderer an den Mond (Seidl) D870 2’10

Adolf Strauß
Ich weiß bestimmt, ich werd’ dich wiedersehen (Hift) 3’20

YEARNING
Franz Schubert
Das Heimweh (Hell) D456 1’30

Franz Schubert
Der Wanderer (Schmidt) D489 5’00

WITHOUT FRONTIERS

Francis Poulenc
Hyde Park (Apollinaire) FP 127/2 1’00

Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Silent Noon (Rosetti) 3’40

Henry Bishop
Home, sweet home (Payne) 3’10

Peter Warlock
My own country (Belloc) 2’30

Peter Warlock
The Bachelor (Anonymous) 0’50

John Ireland
If there were dreams to sell (Beddoes) 2’00

Edvard Grieg
Ein Traum (Bodenstedt) op. 48/6 2'30