SWISS LOVE – LOVE’S SUFFERING AND DESIRE
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⏱︎ Saturday, 26th July 2025, 8:00 pm
⚲ Arcades/Rittersaal of the Stockalper Castle, Brig
$ Free entrance/Donations welcome
ⓘ The concert is planned as an open-air event in the arcades of Stockalper Castle. In case of uncertain weather, the concert will be held in the Rittersaal. No reservation is required for either venue. Open seating. 70 minutes without interval.
FRANZISKA HEINZEN SOPRANO
BENJAMIN MEAD PIANO -
Swiss Love is a musical love letter to traditional Swiss songs and the rich heritage of Swiss folk music. The fact that it was none other than the British composer Benjamin Britten who arranged the Guggisberglied in the 1940s — albeit in French under the title Il est quelqu’un sur terre — speaks to just how far-reaching and evocative this melody is, along with its theme of seemingly eternal love that ultimately breaks. This motif runs like a thread through the entire concert program — as does the highly romantic symbol of the night: a space of intense emotion, of solitude and togetherness, of longing, consolation, and reflection.
PROGRAMME
Volkslied, Arr. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
’s isch äben e Mönsch uf Ärde – Guggisberger-Lied (Anonym)Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820–1867)
4 Lieder op. 20
Abendlied (von Fallersleben)
Nacht liegt auf den fremden Wegen (Heine)
Warme verschwieg’ne Nacht (Kugler)
Mondnacht (Eichendorff)***
Heidi Stucki (1915–2012), Arr. Flurina Zehnder (*1997)
Du fragsch mi, wär i bi (Zulliger)Lothar Kempter (1844–1918)
Lieder aus „Der Liebe Leid und Lust“ op. 13 (Geibel)
Das Mädchen
Der MondYvonne Röthlisberger (1889–1980)
Lieder aus „7 Lieder“
Aus banger Brust (Dehmel)
Sehnsucht nach Vergessen (Lenau)***
Volkslied, Arr. Cheryl Frances-Hoad (*1980)
Schönster Abestärn (Anonym)Johann Carl Eschmann (1826–1882)
Lieder op. 7
Es schienen so golden die Sterne (Eichendorff)
Auf dem Meere (Müller)
Denn du bist fern (Geibel)
Nächtlich macht der Herr die Rund (Eichendorff)***
Arthur Beul (1915–2010) Arr. Raban Brunner (*1998)
Am Himmel stoht es Sternli (Beul)