Episodes

  • Liebst du um Schönheit: Gustav Mahler & Clara Wieck Schumann
    Sep 10 2024

    In our final episode of our compare and contrast season we discuss Liebst du um Schönheit by Gustav Mahler and Clara Wieck Schumann. With guest performers mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Decker and pianist Samuel Martin.
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    24 mins
  • Waldseligkeit with MYSTERY composers!
    Jul 9 2024

    Today we have not one, not two, but THREE settings of the text Waldseligkeit by Richard Dehmel. See if you can guess the mystery composers before their names are reveled after receiving the clues and live performances of their settings by Erin Keesey and Samuel Martin!

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    28 mins
  • Allnächtlich im Traume: Mendelssohn and Schumann
    May 9 2024

    A lively discussion with guest co-host Ben Offringa covering Heine's text Allnächtlich im Traume in settings by Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann. With guest performers Tristan Tournaud, Parker Konkle, Ethan Neal, and Sihan Zhang.


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    56 mins
  • Rastlose Liebe: Goethe, Zelter, and Schubert
    Apr 11 2024

    The ASMR Lieder podcast you didn't know you needed! If you can make it past Brian's dubious soundscaping in today's episode then you're in for a treat as we discuss Goethe and his(?) text Rastlose Liebe in settings by Zelter and Schubert. Special thanks to guest performers Erin Keesy, Olivia Knutsen, and Samuel Martin!

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    50 mins
  • Wald(es)gespräch: Robert Schumann and Alexander Zemlinsky
    Mar 28 2024

    Join Mandee and Janie as they discuss the legend of the Lorelei and compare settings by Robert Schumann and Alexander Zemlinsky. With guest performances by Erik Nordstrom, Parker Konkle, Erin Keesy, and Samuel Martin.

    Picture of Zemlinsky
    Concert program
    Flight documents
    Lorelei Rock

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Bonus Episode - Song Cycle: The One with Iain Burnside
    Mar 14 2024

    This month's episode of Follow the Lieder is slightlyyyyy delayed, so enjoy this bonus episode from Song Cycle hosted by CSI founder Samuel Martin! The great Scottish pianist Iain Burnside joins Sam for a fun and informative conversation. Come for the sage advice on how to stay active in this ever-changing classical music landscape, stay for the greatest page-turning fail you never knew you needed to hear.

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    48 mins
  • Edward: Loewe & Brahms (or "The Tapestry of My Brain")
    Feb 8 2024

    Murder ballades, Raisin Brahms, and the 'Schubert of the North' are just a few of the things you're not gonna want to miss in this month's episode of Follow the Lieder with guest co-host Brian Sikich.

    With guest performances by Erik Nordstrom, Parker Konkle, Lucy Evans, and Logan Wagner.
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    The History of Murder Ballades and the Women Who Flipped the Script

    Sing Loewe's Edward with me!


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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Ich stand in dunklen Träumen (Ihr Bild): Schubert & Clara Wieck Schumann
    Jan 11 2024

    The advent of Season 4 of Follow the Lieder is upon us! All season long we will be comparing various settings of the same text within each episode, beginning today with Heinrich Heine's text “Ich stand in dunklen Träumen” as set by Franz Schubert and Clara Wieck Schumann.

    With guest vocalist Naomi Merer Witzen

    Sing Schubert's setting with me!
    Sing Clara's setting with me!


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    41 mins