leeds-lieder-festival-2022

Nikola Hillebrand · Soprano
Joseph Middleton · Piano

SCHUBERT

Romanze aus Rosamunde
An die Laute
Du liebst mich nicht
Heimliches Lieben
Die Blumensprache
Erster Verlust
Gretchen am Spinnrade
Die Männer sind mechant

BRAHMS

Treue Liebe
Da unten im Tale
Es träumte mir
Von ewiger Liebe
Salome
Wiegenlied

- Interval -

STRAUSS

Kornblumen
Mohnblumen
Efeu
Wasserrose

Ständchen
Ich schwebe
Allerseelen
Schlagende Herzen
Meinem Kinde
Das Rosenband
Schlechtes Wetter
Morgen!

BRITTEN

Last Rose of Summer

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"It is a real thrill to welcome Nikola Hillebrand to Leeds to give her UK recital debut. The German soprano is praised for her shining, luminous voice with elegant, noble timbre, her musical intellect, her mesmerizing interpretations and her touching presentation. Award winner at numerous international competitions and already in much demand as a recitalist she has sung at many of the leading opera houses and concert halls including Bavarian State Opera, Glyndebourne Festival and the Vienna Musikverein. As a review in the Mannheimer Morgen recently mentioned: “The bottom line is that the young soprano is simply overwhelming.” Her programme today juxtaposes justly favourite songs by Schubert, Brahms and Strauss with a scattering of lesser-known fare. Three giants of the song writing canon, sung by a leading soprano of her generation, in partnership with Leeds Lieder Director Joseph Middleton: there could be no more fitting end to the 2022 Festival."

- Leeds Lieder Festival