Fri 11. Sep 2026
19.00 Uhr - 20.15 Uhr
Elektra Tonquartier
Lost in thought
Recital with Serafina Starke & Rebeka Stojkoska
Sopranistin Serafina Starke auf der Bühne im Bergson mit Notenmappe – klassische Gesangsdarbietung, Konzert und Kulturveranstaltung

Serafina Starke at Bergson: song recital "Weltentrückt" between poetry and sound

Serafina Starke is one of the best young sopranos around. After delighting audiences with orchestral songs by Felix Mendelssohn at the Bergson Kunstkraftwerk in the Passion Concerts, she now returns with her piano partner Rebeka Stojkoska to present her song program "Weltentrückt".

 

In the first part, "Im Gewand der Poesie", numerous settings revolve around the mysterious figure of Suleika. In songs such as "Suleikas Lied I" or "Ach, um deine feuchten Schwingen", love, the experience of nature and poetic rapture merge into a musical language that lifts people beyond themselves. The music seems to float - carried by wind, water and inner movement.

 

The second part, "Myths", takes us deeper into legendary worlds. Rhine landscapes, water creatures and legends come to life in songs such as "Die Loreley", "Der Fischer" and Mahler's "Rheinlegendchen". Here, the audience encounters a nature that is both seductive and uncanny - a mirror of inner states in which reality and dream merge.

 

The third part, "Es flittert ein Licht", finally opens up a space of the finest moods. Works by Alexander Zemlinsky and Arnold Schoenberg allow light and shadow, sound and silence to flow into one another. In these songs, the "otherworldly" becomes almost physically tangible - as a state between being awake and dreaming, between closeness and sinking in.

 

The result is an evening of songs that not only brings well-known masterpieces to life in a new way, but above all creates a shared atmosphere: pausing, listening, losing oneself in music and poetry.

Program

I. In the guise of poetry

 

Franz Schubert

Suleika's Song I, D 720 ("What does movement mean")

 

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Oh, for your moist wings, op. 34/4 (Suleika II)

 

Robert Schumann

As with heartfelt pleasure, op. 25/9 ("Suleika")

 

Franz Schubert

Proximity of the Beloved, D 162

 

Hugo Wolf

Delighted in your love, I do not cherish opportunity

 

Fanny Hensel

To Suleika ("So close to you even in the distance")

 

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

What does the movement mean, op. 57/3 (Suleika I)

 

II Myths

 

Franz Schubert

To sing on the water, D 774

 

Gustav Mahler

Legend of the Rhine

 

Franz Liszt

In the Rhine, in the beautiful river

 

Mathilde von Kralik

Invocation

 

Franz Schubert

The Fisherman, D 225

 

Hugo Wolf

Mermaid Binsefuß

 

Franz Liszt

The Loreley

 

Robert Schumann

Loreley, op. 53/2

 

III A light flitters

 

Alexander Zemlinsky

Wandl' ich im Wald des Abends, op. 9/1

 

Arnold Schönberg

Forest Sun, op. 2/4

 

Franz Schubert

Sunken, D 715

Admission and tickets

Admission 6:30 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:15 pm

 

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