Precise, crystal clear and unsentimental«, is how the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently described Julian Prégardien's tenderly melting timbre. In addition to the oratorio and the opera, the celebrated lyric tenor is particularly fond of the art song, and so he conceived and arranged a program for the SHMF that illuminates the vocal work of Johannes Brahms in a unique way: “Brahms’ music is fascinating me the vastness and the limitlessness, which almost magically goes beyond the pure text design and the rhetorical. In terms of phrasing and breathing technique, this is of course an enormous vocal challenge. The melodiousness creates an infinity that is incredibly touching - I am very happy to share this with the audience in the summer. At our Brahms Night in Kiel, we want to bring out two aspects in particular: On the one hand, Brahms' fascination for the foreign and its exoticism - to be experienced energetically in his love song waltzes, gypsy songs and Hungarian dances. On the other hand, there is the magic of the night, which is set to moving music in many Brahms songs such as 'An die Nachtigall', 'Auf dem Kirchhof' or 'Solitude in the Field'," says Prégardien.
Funded by the Georg Plate Foundation
