Von Liebe, Lust und Leiden. Chorkonzert des Kirchenmusikalischen Institutes der HMT Leipzig

Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52 by Johannes Brahms and other choral works from the Romantic period

Piano: Polina Kulikova, Theresa Heidler

The workshop concert of the choir of the Institute of Church Music at HMT Leipzig will perform Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52 by Johannes Brahms as well as other choral works of the Romantic period under the direction of HMT Leipzig students. Liebeslieder-Walzer is the name of two cycles of songs in waltz and ländler time for four voices and piano by Johannes Brahms (1833-1893). Most of the texts come from the collection by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875), which consists of free adaptations of international folk poems.

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