Benjamin Appl & Simon Lepper Recital

In their Festival debuts, two renowned artists—baritone Benjamin Appl, called “the most promising of today’s up-and-coming song recitalists” by the Financial Times, and pianist Simon Lepper—present The Sound of Silence, an intimate recital program that focuses on pauses and silences in music as well as on introspection as the starting point for inspiration. Appl was one of legendary German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s final students, and here he showcases his extraordinary artistry in Schumann’s complete Liederkreis, an arresting Gregorian chant, and moving works by Schubert, Monteverdi, Richard Strauss, and other masters. 

ANONYMOUS “Domine, exaudi”

SCHUBERT “Der Tod und das Mädchen,” D. 531

MONTEVERDI “Tu se’ morta” from L’Orfeo, SV 318

SCHUBERT “Meeres Stille,” D. 216

SCHUMANN Liederkreis, Op. 39

SCHUBERT “Der Einsame,” D. 800

WOLF “Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen” from Italienisches Liederbuch

WOLF “Begegnung” from Mörike-Lieder

WOLF “Verschwiegene Liebe” from Eichendorff-Lieder

SCHUBERT “Der Doppelgänger” from Schwanengesang, D. 957

JAMES MacMILLAN “The Children”

STRAUSS “Morgen!,” Op. 27, No. 4