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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Schubertiade

n Program van Duitse kunsliedere is op Sondag 3 Desember 2018 deur 'n groep kunstenaars uit George in Stilbaai aangebied.

Elizabeth Potgieter, (sopraan), Heinrich Jonck (tenoor), Dalene Brits (klavier) en Elize Munro (klarinet) was die musikante wat die program van Schubert liedere voorgedra het.

The program depicted four themes: Nature, water, love, and eventide. In every theme there were exceptional songs either because of  the feeling and atmosphere they created, or for sensitive rendering thereof by the singers.

Nature: "Der Musensohn" was a lively, cheerful song about the advent of spring, admirably sang by the tenor and highly appreciated by the audience. "Im Frühling", sung by Elizabeth was likewise a chirpy song - (like a little bird I would like to sing all summer long) - which suited her voice extremely well.

Water, see en meer: "Auf dem Wasser zu singen" - soos swane gly die bootjie op die meer ... en so ook my gees. Met hierdie pragtige lied het die sangers gewys waartoe hulle in staat is - tegnies uitstekend en beheersd! Die begeleiding is hier iets besonders waar die fyn nootjies die beweging van die water uitbeeld.  Die immergroen "Die Forelle", gesing deur die sopraan was 'n treffer en "Am See" het verras deurdat die tenoor die lied afsluit in falsetto!

Liefde: "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" begin met n dramatiese klavier inleiding gevolg deur die nostalgiese klanke van die klarinet. Hier het Elize hààr tegniese vaardigheid kon wys.  Weereens was dit met groot entoesiasme deur die gehoor ontvang.

Eventide: here the song that moved us most was "Nacht und Träume" which as the title suggests, was a sad, nostalgic song beautifully interpreted by Heinrich Jonck.  Keep him in mind - he is a very talented young singer as this extract from a letter from one of our staunch members, John Stonier, suggests: " What I particularly enjoyed was Jonck’s presentation of the lieder allocated to him. He seems to be one of those people who sings ‘with his whole body’. So often one sees singers standing with arms at the side and doing nothing more than open their mouths but he had the capacity to inject into his singing something more than merely using his vocal cords. "

Simpatieke begeleiding en uitsonderlike asembeheer deur die sangers het hierdie konsert werklik iets besonders gemaak. 

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