The departments of Music and Germanic Languages and Literatures, both in Arts and Sciences, will present their annual "Liederabend" at 4 p.m. Oct. 11. The concert is free and open to the public and will take place in Steinberg Auditorium.
Literally translated as "evening of song," "Liederabend" is a German term referring to a recital given by a singer and pianist, particularly of works by 19th-century composers such as Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Hugo Wolf.
The Oct. 11 performance will feature Maryse Carlin, instructor in harpsichord and piano in the music department, and two guest artists, the husband-and-wife team of Joyce Andrews, soprano, and Frank Hoffmeister, tenor, both associate professors of voice at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosk.
The program includes songs by 19th-century composers Clara Schumann and Robert Schumann. Robert Schumann succeeded Franz Schubert as the foremost composer of German lieder in the first half of the 19th century, while Clara Schumann is widely regarded as that century's foremost female concert pianist.
Married in 1840, the couple collaborated on numerous works, including the set "Twelve Songs from F. Rückert's Liebesfrühling, Opus 37/12." One song from that work, "Liebst du um Schönheit," is included in the concert, as is Robert Schumann's cycle "Frauenliebe und Leben," a set of eight love songs based on poems by Adalbert von Chamisso, which he wrote at the time of their marriage.
Also on the program is Hugo Wolf's cycle "Italienisches Liederbuch." Wolf, a friend and contemporary of Gustav Mahler, was the leading Austrian composer of lieder in the latter part of the 19th century.
Egon Schwarz, the Rosa May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities in the Germanic languages and literatures department, will begin the evening with a short commentary about the songs' texts.
For more information, call 935-4841.
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