Hugo Wolf
and His Time

Hugo Wolf und seine Zeit

From the Salzburg Festival 2003

A multi-layer project exploring songs by Hugo Wolf, as well as Zemlinsky, Webern, Richard Strauss, Alma Mahler, Schönberg, and Joseph Marx.

This project includes

  • a concert program from the Salzburg Festival with:
    • song listings for the concerts “Hugo Wolf und Seine Zeit” and “Hugo-Wolf-Marathon”
    • works of visual art and photography
    • an interview with Thomas Hampson in German (with an English translation)
    • ein essay von Wolfgang Stähr: Der Trost eines Unglücklichen:Lieder von Hugo Wolf
    • an essay by Richard Wigmore: The Hugo Wolf Marathon
    • all song texts in both English and German
    • biographies of the performers: Thomas Hampson, Barbara Bonney, Angelika Kirchschlager, Michael Schade, Georg Zeppenfeld and Wolfram Rieger

Resources

concert-program

Hugo Wolf and His Time
(August 2003)

text

Thomas Hampson Interview on Hugo Wolf and His Time (2003)

essay

The Hugo Wolf Marathon

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