Der Doppelgänger is the second instalment of Luminescence Chamber Singers' SoloSeries.
Be it a ghostly apparition, a shadow-self, or alter-ego, artists have long been fascinated with the doppelgänger. From the ancient Egyptians ‘ka’ to the ‘fetch’ of 18th and 19th Century Celtic literature, encountering your own mysterious look-alike was often taken as bad omen - a frightening harbinger of death or disease. The doppelgänger evokes the uncanny, and estranges us from ourselves.
In Der Doppelgänger, Jack Stephens and Ronan Apcar present German Lieder by Schubert, Strauss, and Wolf that explores our many selves: the reflection in the mirror you do not recognise, who we become when we are in love, or when we stand face to face with death. Identities curated, distorted, or ever changing - these are all doppelgängers of sorts.
ARTISTS
PROGRAMME
Der Wanderer D 489 | Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Zueignung Op. 10 | Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)
Erlkönig Op. 1 D 328 | Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Song Without Words Op. 62 No. 3 | Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
Verborgenheit | Hugo Wolf (1860 – 1903)
Denn es gehet dem Menschen Op. 121 No. 1 | Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Siegfried’s Funeral March from Götterdämmerung | Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883) arr. Ferruccio Busoni (1866 – 1924)
Der Doppelgänger D957 | Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun Op. 18 | Gerald Finzi (1901 – 1956)