Friedrich Rückert: Poet und Orientalist

As a part of the Church Music Festival; 3. Fürther Kirchenmusiktage 

Poesie zwischen Himmel und Erde. Geistliches im Weltlichen

A lecture and chamber music concert in the Gemeindehaus St. Michael, Fürth

Compositions to Friedrich Rückert’s texts by Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler und Robert Schumann

Lecture: Georges Tamer (the Chair of Oriental Philology and Islamic Studies at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg)

Solgerd Isalv, mezzo-soprano performing excerpts from Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder together with Christian Reuter, piano (State Theatre Nuremberg)

Other participants include:

Eva-Maria Helbig (Sopranp)
Maria van Eldik (Alto)
Christopher Kessner (Tenor)
Joachim Baumann & Christian Huber (Bass)
Ingeborg Schilffarth (Moderation)