Richard Strauss [1864 – 1949]
Ach weh mir unglückhaftem Mann Op. 21, No 4
Die Georgine Op. 10, No 4
Ständchen Op. 17, No 2
Frühlingsgedränge Op. 26, No 1

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Alban Berg [1885 – 1935]
Sieben frühe Lieder
1. Nacht
2. Schilflied
3. Die Nachtigall
4. Traumgekrönt
5. Im Zimmer
6. Liebesode
7. Sommertage

*** Intermission ***

Aribert Reimann [1936 – 2024]
Nachtstücke

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Richard Strauss [1864 – 1949]
Allerseelen Op. 10, No 8
Heimliche Aufforderung Op. 27, No 3
Befreit Op. 39, No 4
Cäcilie Op. 27, No 2

The ‘wide wonderland’ sung about in Alban Berg's ‘Seven Early Songs’ is found this evening in a gathering of longing and melancholy that loses itself in uncertainty and revels in a loneliness that, together with Richard Strauss' and Aribert Reimann's compositions, resonates in a rather gentle way as a deep feeling between transience and romanticism. We find these approaches taken up by Dilek Mayatürk's contemporary view of the fleetingness and breadth of moments and encounters, between introspection and expression.

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Classical art songs and modern poetry – lieder recital meets poetry reading in this series of events organised jointly with the Haus für Poesie Berlin. Each of the four evening events held in the foyer of the Deutsche Oper Berlin will feature a poet reading original works whose themes complement the songs on the programme.