Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present 

Journey of the Spirit

Jochen Kupfer baritone

Finghin Collins piano

Collegium 

Mark Duley director

Lieder by Hugo Wolf, Franz Schubert, Arnold Schönberg, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler

Brahms, Four Serious Songs

Henirich Schütz, Aus der Tiefe 

J.S. Bach, Komm Jesu komm 

Ann Cleare, Now we see through a glass – world premiere

The journey in our fourth Abendmusik programme is of a more metaphysical nature, from human despair to transcendent love. This journey is traced in parallel, with baritone and piano taking the more earthly view through Lieder whilst the choral contributions mark the same emotional voyage with biblical texts. At the centre is Brahms’ setting of four passages of scripture which bring sacred and secular together, with the fourth song (the famous description of love from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians) forming the turning point in the programme, and also providing the text for Ann Cleare’s new work for choir.