Speak Low. Songs about masculinity and queer utopias

• Concerts

The art song – a mirror of a bygone era and yet surprisingly contemporary. Johannes Worms and Nasti invite you to an evening that looks at familiar and new works from an unusual perspective.

PERFORMERS

Johannes Worms baritone

Nasti piano, live electronics

PROGRAM

Songs by Hugo Wolf, Benjamin Britten, Gustav Mahler, William Bolcom, Franz Schubert and others

Hugo Wolf
Auf dem grünen Balkon

Benjamin Britten
Sonnetto XXXVII

Gustav Mahler
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen

Robert Schumann
Einsamkeit

Dame Ethel Smyth
Nr. 1 The Clown

Thierry Tidrow
Das Kind vor dem Spiegel

Benjamin Britten
Sonetto XXX

Franz Schubert
Memnon D 541

Lili Boulanger
Elle est gravement gaie

Kurt Weill
Speak Low

Aaron Copland
Why do they shut me out of Heaven?

William Bolcom
Cabaret Songs based on texts by Arnold Weinstein

Franz Schubert
Wandrers Nachtlied II D 768 »Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh«