Wesendonck Lieder | Art Songs by Russian & Austrian Composers

When:
Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
2025-11-13T11:30:00-08:00
2025-11-13T12:30:00-08:00
Where:
Tagney Jones Hall
363 Mercer St
Seattle WA 98109
Cost:
Free

Wesendonck Lieder

Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 by Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
1. Der Engel (“The Angel”), composed November 1857
2. Stehe still! (“Be Still!”), composed February 1858
3. Im Treibhaus – Studie zu Tristan und Isolde (“In the Greenhouse”), composed May 1858
4. Schmerzen (“Sorrows”), composed December 1857
5. Träume – Studie zu Tristan und Isolde (“Dreams”), composed December 1857

Victoria Chaussee, mezzo-soprano
Maria Khavin, piano

Art Songs by Russian and Austrian Composers

The Statue at Tsarskoye-Selo by Cesar Cui (1835–1918)

Sumerki (“Twilight”) Op. 21, No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

Sred shumnovo bala (“Amid the din of the ball”) Op. 38, No. 3 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Smert’ (“Death”) Op. 57, No. 5 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

In dem Schatten meiner Locken (“In the Shadow of my Tresses”) by Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)

Kennst du das Land (“Do you know the land where the lemons blossom”) by Hugo Wolf

Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (“Only he who knows yearning”) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Susan Strick, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Artist bios
Program PDF