Rondels Op. 11
A video of a performance of Wilhelm Grosz's Rondels Op. 11, recorded at Out of the Shadows Festival, Madison Wisconsin.
Rondels Op. 11 for low voice and piano
With the subtitle "Drei Stimmungsbilde" (Three moods), this collection of songs for low voice was completed in December 1921, and first published for voice and piano in 1922 by Universal Edition, with the chamber orchestra and voice arrangement published in 1923. The lyrics come from separate poets: the Czech-born Ernst Feigl, the Austrian expressionist Georg Trakl, and the Viennese poet Viktor Aufricht.
Dr Benjamin Schultz (bass-baritone) and Thomas Kasdorf (piano) perform Wilhelm Grosz's Rondels Op. 11, at a concert entitled Wilhelm Grosz - Lieder and Piano Music, held in May 2016 at the First Congregational Church, Madison Wisconsin as part of Out of the Shadows Festival. The movements of the work are as follows:
I Geh! Leise (Go quietly!), text by Ernst Feigl
II Rondel, text by Georg Trakl
III Irgendwohin weht der Wind (Somewhere the wind blows), text by Viktor Aufricht
This performance lasts approximately 8 minutes 43 seconds.