Lieder Gloom and Doom

On a summer Sunday afternoon, out in the countryside around Aldeburgh, do you really want doom and gloom ? But if you like Lieder, doom and gloom are must haves ! So it was nice to sit in Blythburgh church where the walls, floors and ceilings contain tombs and listen, to a nice programme of deathridden Schubert. Like Totengrabers Heimweh where the gravedigger has just finished yet another grave for someone and thinks,"Gee, that's cool and peaceful ! Wish I were dead" He looks at a cross nearby, and BINGO ! He gets his wish and drops dead, into the welcoming hole.
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But Goerne, that's the Man.....His concert at the Wigmore Hall was in another league altogether even tho' something was wrong with P-L Aimard, who is usually pale but on this occasion was as white as expensive "High Bright" printer paper. The interaction between the two really was something. After decades of listening to Lieder (yes) , concerts like this show that there is always something to learn from.

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