Performers
Sally Matthews, Soprano
Simon Lepper, Piano

Sally Matthews thrills in grand music. In operatic roles like Strauss’s Marschallin, Janáček’s Jenůfa, or Silvia in Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel, her “radiant voice and natural allure” (The New York Times) is spellbinding. The ultra-Romantic music on this program is ideally suited to her tremendous talents. From the steamy passion of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder—composed while he was working on his opera Tristan und Isolde—to the melodic splendor of Strauss, Sibelius, and others, she will bathe every phrase in beauty.

Program
SIBELIUS “Demanten på marssnön,” Op. 36, No. 6
SIBELIUS “Våren flyktar hastigt,” Op. 13, No. 4
SIBELIUS “Flickan kon ifrån sin älsklings mote,” Op. 37, No. 5
SIBELIUS “Var det en dröm?,” Op. 37, No. 4
GRIEG Six Songs, Op. 48
GRIEG Melodie from Lyric Pieces, Op. 38, No. 3
GRIEG “Melancholie” from Lyric Pieces, Op. 47, No. 5
GRIEG Arietta from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12, No. 1
R. STRAUSS Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op. 67, Nos. 1–3
R. STRAUSS “Morgen,” Op. 27, No. 4
R. STRAUSS “Das Rosenband,” Op. 36, No. 1
R. STRAUSS “Cäcilie,” Op. 27, No. 2
WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder
·· Der Engel
·· Stehe still!
·· Im Treibhaus
·· Schmerzen
·· Träume