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American soprano Renée Fleming and Harmut Höll make their much-awaited appearance at the festival with songs by Handel, Faure, Grieg, Strauss, Puts and Joni Mitchell.

American soprano Renée Fleming and Harmut Höll make their much-awaited appearance at the festival, which demonstrates her range and versatility from the lyricism of Faure great Art Songs to Joni Mitchell's most famous hit.

Handel: Dank sei Dir, Herr
Handel: Calm Thou my Soul from Alexander Balus
Faure: Rêve d'amour
Fauré: Prison
Fauré: Les Berceaux
Fauré: Au bord de l‘eau
Grieg: Lauf der Welt
Grieg: Zur Rosenzeit
Grieg: Ein Traum
Strauss: Muttertändelei
Strauss: Waldseligkeit
Puts: Evening
Mitchell: Both Sides Now

Renée Fleming, soprano
Harmut Höll, piano

Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Lindsay Pell

Photo Credit: Andrew Eccles/Decca

57 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dank sei Dir, Herr

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Calm Thou my Soul (Alexander Balus)

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Rêve d'amour (op. 5/2)

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Author: Victor Hugo. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Prison (op. 83/1)

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Author: Paul Verlaine. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Les Berceaux (op. 23/1)

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Author: Sully Prudhomme. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Au bord de l'eau (op. 8/1)

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Author: Sully Prudhomme. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Lauf der Welt (op. 48/3)

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Author: Ludwig Uhland. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Zur Rosenzeit (op. 48/5)

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Ein Traum (op. 48/5)

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Author: Friedrich von Bodenstedt. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Richard Strauss

    Muttertändelei (op. 43/2)

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Author: Gottfried August Bürger. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Richard Strauss

    Waldseligkeit (op. 49/1)

    Author: Richard Dehmel. Performer: Hartmut Höll. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Kevin Puts

    Evening

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Joni Mitchell

    Both Sides Now

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Richard Strauss

    Zueignung

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Singer: Renée Fleming.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O Mio Babbino

    Performer: Hartmut Höll. Singer: Renée Fleming.

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Aug 2021 13:00