Neue Kinderlieder Op. 43a
A video of Wilhelm Grosz's Neue Kinderlieder Op. 43a at Out of the Shadows Festival, Leeds.
Neue Kinderlieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier, Op. 43a
Composed in 1937, the first three songs in this collection come from Mein erstes Reimbuch (Wolfgang Tischendorf ed., Pestalozzi Verlag: Berlin, 1920), while the fourth song, Schlummerliedchen, was by the 19th century poet Richard Leander (the pen name of the surgeon Richard von Volkmann). There is no evidence of their performance prior to this superb interpretation in Leeds.
Kate Rotheroe (soprano) and Ian Buckle (piano) perform Wilhelm Grosz's Neue Kinderlieder (New children's songs) Op. 43a, at the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music, The University of Leeds. The performance is part of a chamber music recital entitled Fates and Fairytales: the Music of Wilhelm Grosz and Zigmund Schul. The first three texts are from Wolfgang Tischendorf and Emil Stahl (eds), Mein erstes Reimbuch (Berlin: Grunewald, Pestalozzi VerlagsAnstalt, 1927). The fourth song is from Gustav Falke und Jakob Loewenberg (eds), Steht auf, ihr lieben Kinderlein: Gedichte aus älterer und neurer Zeit für Schule und Haus (Köln am Rhein: Schaffstein, 1906)
The movements are in order:
i. Sonne (The sun) by Achim von Arnim (1781-1831) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
ii. Vom Riesen Timpetu (The giant Timpetu) by Alwin Freudenberg (1873-1930)
iii. Vom Christ Kind (The Christ child) by Anna Ritter (1865-1921)
iv. Schlummerliedchen (Wenn das Kind seine Puppe zu Bett bringt) (Little slumber song: when the child brings his doll to bed) by Richard Leander (1830-89)
The performance lasts approximately 7 minutes.