In an evening shaped by shadow and radiance, Randvere and Kuypers reunite to explore the profound emotional landscape of the German Lied in its final Romantic expression. Together, they trace the delicate interplay between darkness and light, longing and transcendence, intimacy and quiet revelation.
At the heart of the program are Gustav Mahler’s deeply introspective Rückert-Lieder — songs suspended between earthly fragility and spiritual stillness. With their refined orchestral imagination distilled into the intimacy of voice and piano, these works unfold in hushed confessions, luminous inwardness, and moments of aching solitude.
Complementing them are Johannes Brahms’ Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 32 — a cycle of love songs that move from tender devotion to restless yearning and quiet despair. Brahms’ rich harmonic language and sweeping melodic lines reveal the full emotional spectrum of Romantic longing, where passion and restraint exist side by side.
Together, these masterpieces form an intimate journey into the soul of late Romantic song — a world where poetry breathes through music, where shadows deepen the light, and where every phrase carries the weight of human experience.
GUSTAV MAHLER
Rückert-Lieder
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Lieder und Gesänge opus 32
Von ewiger Liebe
RICHARD STRAUSS
Morgen!