07/10/23         ⏱︎ 6:30-8pm         ⚲ Simplon

Entrance: CHF 40 – CHF 20 for individuals between 16 and 26 years old
Mandatory reservation. 70 minutes without interval.

MILAN SILJANOV BARITONE
BENJAMIN MEAD PIANO

„Sacred is the starlit hour, a luminous eternity traverses the skies.“

In the 1940s, the renowned Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck composed the song cycle “Unter Sternen” (Under the Stars) based on poems by his compatriot Gottfried Keller. The cycle is inspired by a starry night, which becomes a symbol of eternity and death.


The concert featuring excerpts from this cycle as well as selected works by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Hugo Wolf takes place under the starry sky of the Simplon-Pass in collaboration with the Simplon-Adler Observatory. After the approximately one-hour concert, the observatory offers the opportunity to admire the night sky through their telescopes.


PROGRAMME

Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957): Trost der Kreatur (Keller)

Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Die Sterne (Leitner)

Othmar Schoeck: Siehst du den Stern (Keller)

Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Mein Schöner Stern! (Rückert)

Othmar Schoeck: Unter Sternen (Keller)

Franz Schubert: Der Wanderer an den Mond

Othmar Schoeck: Das Tal (Keller)

Hugo Wolf: Um Mitternacht (Mörike)

Othmar Schoeck: Abendlied (Keller)

Robert Schumann: Frühlingsnacht (Eichendorff)

Hugo Wolf: Das Ständchen (Eichendorff)

Othmar Schoeck: Wir wähnten lange recht zu leben (Keller)

Robert Schumann: Der Einsiedler (Eichendorff)

Othmar Schoeck: Die Zeit geht nicht (Keller)

Franz Schubert: Auf dem See (Goethe)

Othmar Schoeck: Trübes Wetter (Keller)

Hugo Wolf: Denk' es o Seele! (Mörike)

Othmar Schoeck: Den Zweifellosen I & II (Keller)

Franz Schubert: Das Zügenglöcklein (Seidl)