Samuel Hasselhorn on the songs of Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert
June 11, 2022, 4:00 pm
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Samuel Hasselhorn (Photo: Nikolaj Lund)
German baritone Samuel Hasselhorn, an alum of Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute, has won the 2013 Lied Prize in the Nadia and Lili Boulanger Competition, Second Prize in the 2015 Wigmore Hall Song Competition; and First Prize in the 2017 Das Lied Competition. In 2018, Hasselhorn won the Queen Elisabeth Competition, which proved to be an inflection point. Since then, he joined the Vienna State Opera Ensemble and made debuts at the Berlin State Opera and Teatro alla Scala. Art song, however, has remained central to his career. Samuel Hasselhorn joins Oliver to discuss his two recent albums of lieder by Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert with his regular collaborator Joseph Middleton.
Playlist
All selections performed by baritone Samuel Hasselhorn and pianist Joseph Middleton *unless otherwise indicated. Click on song title for link to text and translation.
Hugo Wolf: “Benedeit die sel’ge Mutter” from Italienisches Liederbuch *Gustav Mahler: “Wer hat das Liedlein erdacht?” from Des Knaben Wunderhorn La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu, conductor
Samuel Hasselhorn Live at the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2018 Queen Elisabeth Competition BNPPF20182D