I was honored to be asked by the Wagner Society of London to present two webinars: Lotte Lehmann as Wagner Singer, and Lotte Lehmann as Wagner Teacher. With the Society’s permission, we can offer both video and audio recordings of the two events: April 9 and 16,...
These reviews begin with the “interview” and then the actual reviews start thereafter. Interview with Gary Hickling, Musician, Author, and Expert on German Singer Lotte Lehmann Some five years ago, I reviewed (Fanfare 39:5) what turned out to be...
Zueignung/Dedication: Poetry by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812-1864) Ja, du weißt es, teure Seele, Daß ich fern von dir mich quäle, Liebe macht die Herzen krank, Habe Dank. Einst hielt ich, der Freiheit Zecher, Hoch den Amethysten-Becher, Und du segnetest den...
Les Angélus words are by Grégoire Le Roy (1862-1941). Cloches chrétiennes pour les matines, Sonnant au coeur d’espérer encore! Angelus angelisés d’aurore! Las! Où sont vos prières câlines? Vous étiez de si douce folies! Et chanterelles d’amours...
Lehmann can sing Christmas better than any of my best wishes, but still I send the hope that all your Christmases may be bright. These songs are from her final broadcast of December 1941; Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor; Germany had declared war on America and the U.S....
I. A Song for all Seas, all Ships Book XIII: Song of the Exposition [from verse 8] Behold, the sea itself, And on its limitless, heaving breast, the ships; See, where their white sails, bellying in the wind, speckle the green and blue, See, the steamers coming and...
