I Hear America Singing III
Introduction

In February 2005 Thomas Hampson launched a cycle on American Song in the Konzerthaus in Vienna, including a recital with songs on texts by Walt Whitman and other American writers, a concert with the Radio Symphony Orchestra, and a symposium on the topic of “Artists in America, Art from America”.

Thoughts on Song in America
An essay on the development of American Art Song by Thomas Hampson.
Deutsche Übersetzung von Andrea Richter

Recital program
Thomas Hampson, Wolfram Rieger
Konzerthaus, Vienna – February 24, 2005

Concert program
Thomas Hampson, Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, John Axelrod
Konzerthaus, Vienna – February 27, 2005

Künstler in Amerika, Kunst aus Amerika – Die Geschichte ihrer Spiegelbilder in der Welt
Symposium
Thomas Hampson, Joachim Brügge, Jon W. Newsom
Konzerthaus, Vienna – February 26, 2005

February 21st, 2005   |  Permalink  |  Filed under: Vienna 2005

Vienna, February 24, 2005

Wiener Konzerthaus, I Hear America Singing – I
Thomas Hampson/Wolfram Rieger

Charles GRIFFES (1884-1920)
Auf dem geheimen Waldespfade (N. Lenau)
Des Müden Abendlied (E. Geibel)
Zwei Könige sassen auf Orkadal (E. Geibel)

Charles IVES (1874-1954)
Weil auf mir (N. Lenau)
Feldeinsamkeit (H. Allmers)

Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)
The Daisies (J.Stephens)
With rue my heart is laden (A.E.Housman)
Night Wanderers (W. H. Davies)
Rain has fallen (James Joyce)
Solitary Hotel (James Joyce)

Songs on Texts by Walt Whitman

Ned ROREM (1923- )
As Adam Early in the Morning

Henry T. BURLEIGH (1866-1949)
Ethiopia Saluting the Colors

Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963)
Sing on There in the Swamp

Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)
To What You Said

INTERMISSION | PAUSE

Some “Old Songs” Re-sung

Charles GRIFFES (1884-1920)
An Old Song Re-sung (J. Masefield)

Edward MacDOWELL (1860-1900)
The Sea (W. D. Howells after Goethe)

William Grant STILL (1895-1978)
Grief (LeRoy Brant)

Arthur FARWELL (1872-1952)
The Old Man’s Love Song (Omaha Indian)

Charles IVES (1874-1954)
Memories

John DUKE (1899-1984)
Richard Cory (E.A. Robinson)

Walter DAMROSCH (1862-1950)
Danny Deever (R. Kipling)

Stephen WHITE (1943- )
Shenandoah (Trad.)

Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)
The Boatmen’s Dance (Trad.)

END OF PROGRAM | ENDE DES PROGRAMMS

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Vienna, February 27, 2005

Wiener Konzerthaus, I Hear America Singing – II
Thomas Hampson/Radio Symphony Orchestra/John Axelrod

Charles IVES (1874-1954)
Variations on “America” (1891) (8′)

William Grant STILL (1895-1978)
Plain Chant for America (1941) (9′)

Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912)
From “African Suite” (1898)
Danse Nègre (8′)

John ADAMS (born 1947)
The Wound Dresser (1988) (20′)

INTERMISSION | PAUSE

Tobias PICKER (born 1954)
Old and lost Rivers (1986) (7′)

Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)
Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance op. 23a (1955) (16′)

Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)
From “Old American Songs” (1950/52) (15′)
Simple Gifts
At the River
The Little Horses
The Dodger
The Boatmen’s Dance

END OF PROGRAM | ENDE DES PROGRAMMS

February 19th, 2005   |  Permalink  |  Filed under: Vienna 2005

Künstler in Amerika, Kunst aus Amerika
Die Geschichte ihrer Spiegelbilder in der Welt

Wiener Konzerthaus, 26. Februar 2005
Symposium mit Thomas Hampson, Joachim Brügge und Jon W. Newsom

Thomas HAMPSON
Begrüßung und Einleitung

Joachim BRÜGGE
Nord-Amerikanische Musik als “Hochkultur”?
Ein Modellfall kultureller Nichtwahrnehmung und Kulturstereotype im Verhältnis Europa und Nord-Amerika
Handout als PDF file

Jon W. NEWSOM
Music in America, the American Art Song, and the Library of Congress
Handout als PDF file

Thomas HAMPSON
American Song – The Diary of the People

Diskussion

A Cooperation of the Wiener Konzerthaus with the Hampsong Foundation.

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I HEAR AMERICA SINGING-WEEKEND IN VIENNA

CONCERTS, LECTURE and SYMPOSIUM at the Konzerthaus Vienna

“I HEAR AMERICA SINGING – DATES”
24.02.2005 – 18:00
Lecture with Thomas Hampson

24.02.2005 – 19:30
Recital Thomas Hampson

26.02.2005 – 14:30
Symposium
“Artists in America, art from America. The history of their reflection in the world.”
(In co-operation with the Hampsong-Foundation)

Lecturers
Ao. Univ. Prof. Dr. Joachim Brügge
Universität Mozarteum
Kooperationsbeauftragter Abteilung für Musikwissenschaft
Salzburg

Jon W. Newsom
Chief of Music Division
The Library of Congress
Washington

Thomas Hampson
Kammersänger
Wien

27.02.2005 – 19:30
Concert
RSO Wien / Thomas Hampson / John Axelrod

February 8th, 2005   |  Permalink  |  Filed under: Vienna 2005

Thomas Hampson