Performing with
Mark Padmore, tenor

Programme
BEETHOVEN An die Hoffnung
BEETHOVEN Resignation
BEETHOVEN Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel
BEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte
SCHUBERT Swan Song (Schwanengesang)

Hear a seldom encountered side of Beethoven and a Schubert masterpiece when Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida—two artists closely associated with the music of both composers—perform together in intimate Zankel Hall. Beethoven was not remembered as a song composer, but he assigns the piano a major role in An die ferne Geliebte, a song cycle that moves with its nature imagery and depiction of longing. The Schwanengesang don’t tell a particular story, but Schubert addresses the quintessentially Romantic themes of nature, love, and loss with soaring lyricism.