Clara's Gift

Frauenliebe und Leben
Robert Schumann – music
Adelbert von Chamisso – poetry

A fascinating evening of music, drama and song...

Performed and presented by:
Professor Elissa Guralnick
Elizabeth Mansfield – actress
Karina Lucas – mezzo soprano
Simon Lane – piano

Glorious music, ridiculous words! Among contemporary listeners this is the near universal response to Schumann’s famous song cycle. But in ‘Clara's Gift’, a very different interpretation is uncovered and celebrated, as the story of Robert Schumann and his beloved Clara unfolds. New English translations of the songs are interwoven with spoken passages from their love letters, from Janice Galloway’s biographical novel ‘Clara’, and from Chamisso’s poems. The evening culminates in a complete performance of this marvellous work, sung in the original German, and performed by Karina Lucas (mezzo-soprano), and Simon Lane (pianist). The spoken texts will be performed by Oliver Award nominated actress, Elizabeth Mansfield.

An Ensemble/Leeds Lieder co-production

WORLD PREMIERE

Tuesday 11^th November at 7.30pm
The Venue,
Leeds College of Music.
3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7PD.

Box Office: 0113 222 3434
Opening Times
Monday to Friday
10.00am to 5.00pm (8.00pm concert days)
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