Program 6: Forging a National Consciousness
Song: Mirror of the World Radio Series
Program 6: Forging a National Consciousness
Beginning in 1848, the Year of Revolution, this program explores the role of song as a unifying cultural force in the face of vital political struggles. With the folksongs of their homelands ringing in their ears, composers from Brahms to Duparc, from Mahler to Mussorgsky, took up the torch of nationalism at a moment when worlds were colliding.
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Host & Artistic Director:
Thomas Hampson
Co-Produced by the Hampsong Foundation and The WFMT Radio Network
Production Team:
Executive Producers: Thomas Hampson & Steve Robinson (The WFMT Radio Network)
Audio Producer: Carolyn Paulin (The WFMT Radio Network)
Coordinating Producer: Miriam Lewin
Project Manager: Christie Finn
Writer for Forging a National Consciousness: Heather Platt, Ball State University
Song listings with composer / poet, performers, CD label, and CD number are listed below.
Schumann: Kerner Lieder / Mignon Lieder / Duets (1990)
Clip from “Kennst du das Land” (“Do you know the land”), Op. 98a, No. 1 (correction to radio program: 1849)
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo soprano
Michael Barrett, piano
Koch International Classics: 7774
Beethoven – Berlioz – Franz – Grieg – Liszt – Loewe – Schumann – Wagner: Songs
“Findlay” (1837)
Composer: Carl Loewe (1796-1869)
Text: Robert Burns (1759-1796), trans. Ferdinand Freiligrath
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Geoffrey Parsons, piano
EMI Classics Special Import (Warner Classics): 575187
Brahms: Lieder
“Vergebliches Ständchen” (“The Fruitless Serenade”), Op. 84, No. 4 (1858)
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Text: Traditional/Folk, collected by Anton Zuccalmaglio (1803-1869)
Jessye Norman, soprano
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Deutsche Grammophon: 459469
Brahms: Complete Edition
“O kühler Wald” (“O cool woods”), Op. 72, No. 3 (1877)
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Text: Clemens Brentano (1778-1842)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Deutsche Grammophon: 4778183
Brahms: Lieder
“Von ewiger Liebe” (“Of eternal love”), Op. 43, No. 1 (1864)
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Text: Traditional Wendish., trans. August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874)
Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano
Irwin Gage, piano
Acanta/Pilz: 233493
FRANZ LISZT: Lieder/Songs, Vol. 2
“In Liebeslust” (“In Love’s Delight”) (1858)
Composer: Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Text: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874)
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Lars Roos, piano
Bluebell Records (Sweden): ABCD 022
ROBERT FRANZ: Ausgewählte Lieder/Selected Songs
“Meerfahrt,” Sechs Gesänge, Op. 18: No. 4. (ca. 1860)
Composer: Robert Franz (1815-1892)
Text: Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Mitsuko Shirai, soprano/mezzo soprano
Hartmut Höll, piano
Capriccio: 10515
Josephine Lang: Lieder
“Wie glänzt so hell dein Auge” (“How brightly beams your eye”) (1866)
Composer: Josephine Lang (1815-1880)
Text: Agnes von Calatin (1813-1845)
Heike Hallaschka, soprano
Heidi Kommerell, piano
Audite: 97472
Charles Panzéra: French Songs
“L’invitation au voyage” (ca. 1870)
Composer: Henri Duparc (1815-1892)
Text: Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)
Charles Panzéra, baritone
Madeleine Panzéra-Baillot, piano
EMI Classics: 7 64254 2
Garrick Ohlsson: The Complete Chopin Piano Works, Vol. 12 – Songs
“Śliczny chłopiec” (“Handsome lad”), Op. 74, No. 8 (1841)
Composer: Fryderyk (Frédéric) Chopin (1810-1849)
Text: Józef Bohdan Zaleski (1802-1886)
Ewa Podles, contralto
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Arabesque: 6746
Rossini & Meyerbeer: Songs
Elegia: “L’ultimo Ricordo” (“One final reminder”), from Vol. I, Album italiano of Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age) (ca. 1880-5)
Composer: Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Text: Giovanni Redaelli (1797-1856)
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Geoffrey Parsons, piano
EMI Classics: 54436
Mussorgsky: The Nursery, Songs and Dances of Death
“Svetik Savishna” (“Darling Savishna”) (1866)
Composer: Modest Musorgsky (Mussorgsky) (1839-1881)
Text: Modest Musorgsky (Mussorgsky)
Boris Christoff, bass
Alexandre Labinsky, piano
EMI: 67997
Grieg: Songs & Lieder (1993)
“En Svane” (“A Swan”), from Seks digte (Six Songs), Op. 25, No. 2 (1876, pub. Copenhagen)
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Text (in Norwegian): Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano
Bengt Forsberg, piano
Deutsche Grammophon: 437521
Song of America: Music from the Library of Congress (2005)
“Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair” (1854)
Composer: Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
Text: Stephen Foster
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Jay Ungar, mandolin
Molly Mason, bass
David Alpher, piano
Michael Parloff, flute
EMI Classics: 41645
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1989)
“Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen” (“To Teach Naughty Children to Behave”), from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (early settings, 1887-90)
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Text: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Geoffrey Parsons, piano
Teldec: 44923
