3. Matinée / Wagner // Pons - Brownlee

Richard Wagner
Excerpts from "Lohengrin", "Parsifal", "Die Walküre" and "Götterdämmerung"

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
Josep Pons, conductor
Nicholas Brownlee, baritone

Wagner's music tells of heroes and gods, guilt and redemption, of natural forces and inner struggles. It draws on two of Europe's oldest narrative traditions - Germanic mythology and the medieval mysticism of the Grail. In the "Ring of the Nibelung" in particular, Wagner reaches into the sagas of Norse and Germanic legend, shaping them into a vast musical epic. In monumental soundscapes he weaves together the human and the superhuman - from the powerful Rhine Journey to the sombre Funeral March. Alongside this, Wagner's music opens onto a quieter, more spiritual world: the symbolic language of the Christian Grail. Works such as "Lohengrin" and above all "Parsifal" enter a realm of purity, compassion and redemption, where guilt is overcome and healing becomes possible.

Pre-concert introduction at 10:15.

Live broadcast on SR Kultur radio.

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