In his New York debut, Raphaël Pichon conducts the US premiere of the spellbinding Mein Traum (My Dream). Songs by Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Carl Maria von Weber—including arrangements and orchestrations by Liszt and Brahms—are brought together in a transfixing new manner by Orchestra of St. Luke’s, renowned singers Christian Gerhaher and Ying Fang, and chamber choir Ensemble Altera directed by Christopher Lowrey. Experience a visionary feat of programming and performance that has audiences both discovering and rethinking these haunting and dramatic works.

Program

SCHUBERT Lacrimoso son io

SCHUBERT Selections from Lazarus

SCHUBERT Selections from Alfonso und Estrella

LISZT "Der Doppelgänger" from Sechs Lieder von Franz Schubert

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"

C. WEBER "O wie wogt es sich schön auf der Flut" from Oberon

R. SCHUMANN "Meerfey" from Romanzen für Frauenstimmen

C. WEBER "Wo berg ich mich ... So weih ich mich" from Euryanthe

BRAHMS "Gruppe aus dem Tartarus" (after Schubert)

SCHUBERT "Ave Maria," D. 839

R. SCHUMANN "Hier ist die Aussicht frei" from Szenen aus Goethes Faust

SCHUBERT "Nacht und Träume," D. 827 (arr. Max Reger and Robert Percival)

SCHUBERT "Des Menschen Seele gleicht dem Wasser"