Luminous Song Mosaics
Public master classes, recitals, and concerts as part of “Liedtage XIX”
For the 19th time, the richly varied “Liedtage” invites you on a journey of discovery to the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar. From June 2 to 19, the Fürstenhaus will be entirely dedicated to the art of song performance. Admission to the master class and its final concert, the lecture-recital, and the various song recitals is free. Prof. Karl-Peter Kammerlander serves as the artistic director of “Liedtage XIX.”
The event kicks off from Tuesday, June 2, through Friday, June 5, with a public master class on the theme of “American Song” featuring guest lecturer Robert B. Dundas from the USA. The influence of jazz, spirituals, and musicals is unmistakable. Well-known names such as Samuel Barber and Charles Ives appear alongside those who have never been performed in this country, including Ernest Charles, Charles Griffes, Andre Previn, Brad Mehldau, and John Jacob Niles. You can get to know this music at a closing concert “American Song” on Sunday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Festsaal Fürstenhaus, hosted by Prof. Thomas Steinhöfel.
The song compositions of Peter Gast (1854–1918) are the focus of a lecture-recital on Tuesday, June 9 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 108 of the Fürstenhaus. Peter Gast was a significant, though today little-known, figure of the late Romantic period in the circle of Friedrich Nietzsche. The lecture will be given by visiting lecturer Robert B. Dundas. This will be followed by two “song mosaics” on June 17 and 18, both at 7:30 p.m. in Room 108 of the Fürstenhaus. Both will be moderated by Karl-Peter Kammerlander. The program includes excerpts from Robert Schumann’s “Frauenliebe und -leben,” Franz Schubert’s “Mignon-Gesänge,” and Richard Strauss’s first song cycle.
To conclude “Liedtage XIX,” there will be a song recital featuring works by Max Bruch on Friday, June 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Festsaal Fürstenhaus. Kathrin Stöck will serve as the host for this event. The program will feature an early song cycle, Op. 7, with texts by Bruch’s sister Mathilde, as well as the song cycle Op. 33, which Max Bruch completed while serving as Kapellmeister in Sondershausen. In addition, the first part of the song cycle Op. 17 will be juxtaposed with several songs by Hugo Wolf.
[29 May 2026]