Nachtzauber | An Eichendorff Recital

Song recital in Castle Książ with

Vincent Kusters, baritone

Doriana Tchakarova, piano

Songs by Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Hans Pfitzner, Franz Schubert and Bolko von Hochberg

As part of the 33rd Silesian Music Festival. Funded by the Erika Simon Foundation, the Ministry of the Interior of the Free State of Saxony and Sven-Alexis Fischer.

Bolko von Hochberg, the composer and founder of the Silesian Music Festival in Görlitz 100 years ago, was born in the largest castle in Silesia and one of the largest in Poland: Castle Książ. Built by the Silesian Piast Bolko I in the 13th century, the impressive monument came after many Bohemian and Silesian rulers, in 1503 for the first time in the possession of the Hochberg. Since then it has been connected with the history of the most important Silesian noble family von Hochberg, which also included the artistic director and composer Bolko von Hochberg. Silesian musical and literary heritage was important to Hochberg. During his directorship at the Royal Theater in Berlin, "Hanneles Himmelfahrt" premiered on November 14, 1893, almost as a birthday present to the young writer Gerhart Hauptmann, who came from Bad Salzbrunn, which also belonged to the Hochbergs.

Under this premise, it is understandable that we are dedicating this first song recital of the finalists and prizewinners of the Bolko-von-Hochberg international song competition, which took place in Görlitz in June 2022, to the most important Silesian poet: Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff. Born in 1788 in Lubowitz (today Łubowice) near Ratibor in Upper Silesia and died in 1857 in Neisse (Nysa), the Romantic poet is one of the most frequently set in music german poet, with around 5000 settings of his poems. Among the best-known settings are the Liederkreis op.39 by Robert Schumann and the Eichendorff-Lieder by Hugo Wolf, which can be heard this evening.

The young Dutch baritone Vincent Kusters is one of the most promising Lied-singers of his generation. The German-Bulgarian pianist Doriana Tchakarova is one of the best-known song accompanists in Germany, teaches at the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart, has won prizes in many competitions and has made several important sound recordings as a song accompanist. Now the two artists are meeting for the first time at Castle Książ. As already mentioned, the program includes a selection of songs based on poetry by Joseph von Eichendorff, songs by Franz Schubert and finally a few songs by Bolko von Hochberg.

Castle Książ w Wałbrzychu

Sunday October 2, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Admission from 18:00.

Admission free.

Co-organizer: Zamek Książ w Wałbrzychu

We would like to thank the friends of the Ars Augusta eV association, the Görlitz department store, Mr. Markwart Schnabel, Klaus-Dieter Mende and Sven-Alexis Fischer for their support. The programs distributed at a symbolic price include the texts of Eichendorff and their translations into Polish.

For more information and advice on how best to get to the castle, please contact us on +48 502 991789 and arsaugusta@gmail.com.

Artist biographies

VINCENT KUSTERS, baritone

(Netherlands)

During his studies at the conservatory, Vincent developed into a versatile musician who feels at home in different genres and diverse styles. He took part in singing master classes with, among others, Elly Ameling, Robert Holl, Meinard Kraak, Maarten Koningsberger; Masterclass in Mozart Interpretation (IVC) with Thomas Oliemans, Roberta Alexander and Vesselina Kasarova; Lied-art in the castle in Husum with Ulf Bästlein and Charles Spencer, as well as the great singer Sergei Leiferkus.

Vincent has won several awards for his Lied interpretation, including the Vocallis Liedprijs (Vaals, 2017 and 2018) and is a prizewinner at the Schumann Competition (Zwickau, 2020/2021). Together with his duo partner pianist Charlie Bo Meijering, he won the "Friends of the IVC" prize (in Hertogenbosch, 2019), the 1st prize in "Liedkunst im Schloss vor Husum" (2021) and the "Young Artist Platform" by Internationaal Lied Festival Zeist (2021). He also won 1st prize with organist Nick Goudkuil at the International Competition for Organ and Voice (in Neuss, 2020).

Vincent is a member of the Schola Maastricht, an ensemble specializing in Gregorian chant, and he is organist/conductor of the Bartholomeuskerk in Eckelrade. He is also associated with the Sint-Martinuskerk in Gronsveld as cantor/organist.

DORIANA TCHAKAROVA. Piano

(Bulgaria-Germany)

Doriana Tchakarova is internationally successful as a pianist, winner of numerous competitions and her CD recordings have received important awards. Together with baritone Konstantin Krimmel, Doriana Tchakarova won first prize in the song duo category at the Rising Stars Grand Prix International Music Competition in Berlin in May 2018. Since then she formed a successful song duo with him until 2020 and accompanied him in all competition successes and song recitals at home and abroad. As a lied pianist and chamber musician, she has been successful on major concert stages in Berlin, Vienna, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hanover, Freiburg, Lugano and Bayreuth, as well as at major festivals such as the Heidelberg Spring, the Oxford Song Festival, the Dresden Music Festival, the Sindelfingen Song Festival and the Schubertiada Barcelona. Her numerous singing partners include Äneas Humm, Samuel Hasselhorn, Thilo Dahlmann, Eva Zalenga, Julian Prégardien, Ulrike Sonntag, Krešimir Stražanac, Nathalie Karl, Matthias Klink, Judith and Felicitas Erb, Manuel Walser, Sylvia Koncza, Carolina López Moreno, Nils Wanderer, Mirella Hagen, Sarah Wegener, Konstantin Krimmel, Marcel Brunner, Thomas Pfeifer and the SWR Vocal Ensemble. A CD with ballads by Schubert, Loewe, Schumann and Jensen was released on the renowned Alpha Classics label in 2019 with baritone Konstantin Krimmel. This recording was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) and Opus Klassik and received theDiapason decouverteexcellent. Her CDs with the sopranos Judith Erb and Felicitas Erb with songs and duets by Robert Schumann, Hugo Kaun (world premiere recordings) and Louis Spohr with ARS-Production and especially her recording of duets by Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel met with an enthusiastic response throughout Europe. The latter was nominated for the Echo Klassik in 2017, among others. Together with the Erb sisters and the tenor Magnus Dietrich, their new CD with all the Brahms duets will be released in March 2022 on the MDG label. Doriana Tchakarova was born in Varna, Bulgaria. She completed her bachelors and masters degrees in piano with Prof. Fernande Kaeser and Prof. Friedemann Rieger at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and studied in the song class of Prof. Konrad Richter. In April 1993 she won second prize at the international piano competition "Dimitar Nenov" in Razgrd/Bulgaria. In the same year she performed Sergei Rachmaninoffs Second Piano Concerto with the Varna Philharmonic. In July 2001 she won the chamber music category at the 15th International Competition "Franz Schubert"; in Italy with cellist Krassimira Krasteva. In 2004 she won second prize with the soprano Judith Erb at the Schubert competition of the "Concorso Internationale di Interpretazione Musicale Citta di Racconigi" in Italy. She is a lecturer for vocal accompaniment at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart She is a sought-after répétiteur at singing competitions.

PROGRAM

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Nachtstück, D672

Johann Mayrhofer

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Liederkreis Op. 39

Joseph von Eichendorff

1. In der Fremde

2. Intermezzo

3. Waldesgespräch

4. Die Stille

5. Mondnacht

6. Schöne Fremde

7. Auf einer Burg

8. In der Fremde

9. Wehmut

10. Zwielicht

11. Im Walde

12 Frühlingsnacht

BREAK

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)

Vier ausgewählte Lieder nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff

Im Herbst, Op. 9, No. 3

Lockung, Op. 7, No. 4

Der Kühne, Op. 9, No. 5

Nachts, Op. 26, No. 2

Bolko Graf von Hochberg (1843-1926)

Vesper, Op. 38, No. 3

Joseph von Eichendorff

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

From "Eichendorff-Lieder"

19. Die Nacht

1. Der Freund

2. Der Musikant

3. Verschwiegene Liebe

4. Das Ständchen

13. Der Scholar

8. Nachtzauber

Bolko von Hochberg: "Gute Nacht" Op.31, Nr.2

End around 20:30 o.c.