Lied can Fly

<p>When countries are shaking under political turbulences, music can reflect our situation in an intimate way. In the middle of Brexit and the Windrush Scandal, the pianist Natalie Burch commissioned a work to the...

<p>The poet Bryan Heiser suffered with polio from a young age, never descending into self-pity in his writing. In collaboration with James Gilchrist, composer and pianist Nathan Williamson has created a stunning...

<p>Rainer Maria Rilke is celebrating his 150th Birthday on the 4th of December and, without thinking about Birthday parties, I recorded an interview with the German-British composer Tom Lane. Enjoy listening to this...

<p>Working together can become a blessing for a composer as well as a singer. If creating is a form of being, it becomes a present to ourselves. Sabine Bergk talks with Michael Finnissy and Lotte Betts-Dean about the...

<p>Discovering British Art Song is like taking turns and twists in undulating landscapes. Sabine Bergk talks with James Gilchrist and Nathan Williamson about the variety of the songs of Thomas Pitfield, an exceptional...

<p>It remains a mystery how music appears and comes alive. In his song cycle "Blessed be", Michael Finnissy explores sensitively twisting and turning lines, shifting between Music's ancient roots and the 'moment of...

<p>We celebrate the 2nd Birthday of "Lied can Fly" / "Lieder können fliegen"! More than 50 episodes were produced and we totally reached more than 44.000 downloads and streams. To support the podcast, you can become a...

<p>Music can be part of the most challenging moments in our lives. Light and darkness, birth and death - with her CD "Enigma", Sarah Aristidou created a panorama of sounds and musical landscapes of our soul. Sabine...

<p>Complexity culminates into tragedy in Dostoevsky's masterpiece "The Idiot" - and it might be nearly impossible to set it into music. With the "The letters of Nastasya Filippovna", Sidney Corbett reduced the drama to...

<p>Romantic poetry has been attracting many composers with its musical colours. In his "Wiegenlied", Moritz Eggert picked a poem by Clemens Brentano to dive deeply into the dark moments of romanticism. Sabine Bergk...

<p>Bird song and art song are very close, even though birds know better than we do. Judith Weir talks with Sabine Bergk about the refreshing and optimistic power of music. Welcoming the day, as it is written in Robert...

<p>Dedicated to an English friend in the Cotswolds, Torsten Rasch wrote a song during the pandemic to brighten him up in his isolated life. Sabine Bergk talks with Torsten Rasch about the power of music in rough times...

<p>What is it all about to make music? Is it connected to the room, the musicians, the audience and what about performing a score? Sabine Bergk talks to Irene Kurka about Eva-Maria Houben's book "Musical Practice as a...

<p>Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven was one of the most sparkling figures of the New York Dada. She was born in Swinemünde and became friend with Marcel Duchamp, Peggy Guggenheim and Djuna Barnes. Her poems were published...

<p>How strong is Schumann's influence on contemporary art song? The composer Moritz Eggert and Sabine Bergk talk about the Schumann phenomena, trying to dive deeply into his complexity and his endless inventions. Moritz...