20 February 2027
Rilke – A Musical Journey. Prado Museum
Madrid, Spain

Museo Nacional del Prado,
Paseo del Prado, s/n, 28014 Madrid
Spain

Annya Pinto, soprano/mezzo-soprano
Javier Povedano, baritone
Plural Ensemble
Fabián Panisello, conductor

Programme:

I · Introduction

Alma Mahler-Werfel, Bei dir ist es traut, from 5 Lieder
Text: R. M. Rilke, Advent (1897) · mezzo-soprano and piano · 2’

Josep Cercós, An die Musik, from 5 Lieder
Text: R. M. Rilke, An die Musik (1918) · soprano and piano · 3’

Josep Soler, Murillo, psychodrama in one act (1989–90) — excerpt from one number
Text: R. M. Rilke, Murillo (1894–95) · baritone, viola, piano and accordion · 10’*

II · Spain in Paris

Isaac Albéniz, Córdoba, from Cantos de España, op. 232, no. 4
Guitar transcription by Miquel Llobet · guitar · 7’

Daniel Cristóbal, Bailarina española / Spanische Tänzerin · world premiere
flute, accordion, guitar, piano, viola, cello · 5’

Harold Blumenfeld, Archaïscher Torso Apollos
Text: R. M. Rilke, Neue Gedichte (1908) · soprano and guitar · 3’*

III · From El Greco to Toledo / IV · Ronda and the Spanish Landscape

Adela Rodríguez Yus, Himmelfahrt Mariae (Ascensión de María) · world premiere
flute, accordion, guitar, piano, viola, cello · 5’

José María Sánchez-Verdú, Innere Stimme. Resonanzräume zu Rilkes Duineser Elegien
Text: R. M. Rilke, Duineser Elegien (1912–22) · mezzo-soprano, flute, guitar and cello · 8’*

V · Madrid, Coda of a Journey

Dora Pejačević, Ich war ein Kind und traume viel, from Mädchengestalten, op. 42
Text: R. M. Rilke, Mädchengestalten (1898–99) · mezzo-soprano and piano · 3’

Samuel Barber, Le clocher chante, from Mélodies passagères, op. 27, no. 4
Text: R. M. Rilke, Poèmes français (1924–26) · baritone and piano · 1’30”

Ernst Krenek, Ô Lacrymosa, op. 48, I. O Tränenvolle
Text: R. M. Rilke, O Lacrimosa. Trilogie, zu einer künftigen Musik (1925) · soprano and piano · 4’30”