Tomaž Sevšek Šramel, organ &
Barbara Kozelj, mezzosoprano

An die Hoffnung, Spirituality in Late Romantic Songs for Female Voice and Organ

Organ: Tomaž Sevšek Šramel
Mezzosoprano: Barbara Kozelj

Programme: 
Johann Sebatian Bach / arr. F. Liszt, Introduction and fugue from cantata "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis", BWV 21 
Hugo Wolf / prir. arr. M. Reger, Eduard Mörike songs (*) and Sacred songs from Spanisches Liederbuch (**)
                        Gebet * 
                        Nun wandre Maria ** 
                        Die ihr schwebet **      
Stanko Premrl, Lamento 
Hugo Wolf / arr. M. Reger, Führ' mich, Kind, nach Bethlehem! ** 
Hugo Wolf / arr. M. Reger, Schlafendes Jesuskind *                                                
Hugo Reger, Chorale Fantasia "Wie schön leucht’t uns der Morgenstern" Op. 40, no. 1 
*
Richard Wagner / arr.Tomaž Sevšek Šramel, Wesendonck Lieder         
Im Treibhaus (Study to Tristan and Isolde)
                        Schmerzen
                        Stehe still!                                            
Max Reger, Romanze in A-minor 
Max Reger / arr. Tomaž Sevšek Šramel, An die Hoffnung Op. 124 (set to the poem by F. Hölderlin) 

The broad timbral palette of Slovenia’s largest organ – adorning Cankarjev dom’s Gallus Hall, will be harmoniously coupled with the warm and sonorous voice of the internationally renowned Slovenian mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj. For this concert, organist Tomaž Sevšek Šramel has arranged Wagner's famous Wesendonck Lieder and Reger's symphonic ode To Hope, based on Reger's organ settings of lieder composed by his role model, the Slovenj Gradec-born Romantic composer Hugo Wolf. Prayer, journey, birth, suffering, death and hope are themes that, in the interplay of sacred and secular music, constitute the spiritual dimension of Late Romanticism. In addition to songs for voice and organ, the programme includes organ works by Franz Liszt, Max Reger and Stanko Premrl, organist and chaplain at the Ljubljana Cathedral and composer of the Slovenian national anthem.