9th Chamber Music - SONG EVENING WITH JULIAN PREGARDIEN & YAEL KARETH - Bühnen Bern

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Song evening with Julian Prégardien & Yael Kareth 9th Chamber Music Concert Julian Prégardien is considered one of the defining tenors of his generation. At the Salzburg Festival, the Bavarian State Opera, and in major concert halls across Europe, he is regularly celebrated as a singer of Bach and Mozart. His great love is the Lied. He is a charismatic ambassador of this genre, originating from the world of Franz Schubert. In 2026, Julian Prégardien became the artistic director of the Heidelberg Frühling Lied Center, and he is also a professor of oratorio in Munich. Julian Prégardien last performed a Lied evening in 2013 at Kammermusik Bern together with Julius Drake. Yael Kareth is Leibinger Professor of Transcultural Music Mediation and Music Education at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. Previously, she led the music department of the Israeli Opera and performed in Israel across a broad spectrum from chamber music to interdisciplinary projects. As an internationally active Lied pianist and chamber musician, she has worked with artists such as Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, Guy Braunstein, and Avi Avital. With this concert, the pianist makes her debut in Bern. The three musicians Idil Bursa, Erik Mirzoyan, and ­Andrés Gómez belong to the young generation of the Barenboim-Said Academy Berlin, which combines artistic training with a transcultural approach. They already perform internationally as soloists and chamber musicians, including collaborations with Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and are regularly featured in major concert halls and festivals. Program Wolfgang Reifeneder (*1960) Crossover for Snare Drum Solo (1999) (07') Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) An die ferne Geliebte op. 98 (1816)(14') Anonymous Dle Yaman (Armenian folk song) (05') (arranged for Duduk and Cello by Erik Mizoryan) Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Trio in A Major for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907–1991) Allegretto from the Cello Partita op. 31 (1954) (05') Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Songs based on poems by Ludwig Rellstab from Schwanengesang D 957 (1828) (20‘) Anonymous Durme Durme Traditional Sephardic (Ladin) lullaby (03') Pedro Elías Gutierrez (1870–1954) Alma Llanera Venezuelan folk song (1914) (arranged for piano, clarinet, cello, percussion, and vocals by Johnathan Keret) (05') Julie Gold (*1956) From a Distance (1985) (arranged by Jonathan Keret) (05') Julian Prégardien Tenor Yael Kareth Piano and Idil Bursa Cello Andrés Gómez Percussion Erik Mirzoyan Clarinet/Duduk