Benjamin Appl baritone ; Jerusalem Quartet

Besides being one of the finest baritones of his generation, a natural successor to his great teacher, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Appl is among the most thoughtful of programme builders. He opens his recital with the Jerusalem Quartet with Robert Schumann’s melodramatic Belsatzar, a spine-tingling ballad recalling Belshazzar’s feast from the Book of Daniel, and ventures into the world, past and present, and beyond into the infinite cosmos of dreams.

Robert Schumann – Mit Myrten und Rosen
Johannes Brahms – II. Romanze. Poco adagio
Kurt Weill – Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Kurt Weill – September Song
Kurt Weill – Speak Low
Kurt Weill – Foolish Heart