Klavier-Festival Ruhr presents a sensational line-up for the 2024 concert season: Hélène Grimaud and Konstantin Krimmel. The young baritone, a member of the ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera, is pursuing a stellar career and developing into one of the most important Lied singers of our time. Hélène Grimaud has been performing the music of the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov for many years, and the audience of the Ruhr Piano Festival is also familiar with his music. His Silent Songs are music that he composed to poems with powerful images. Grimaud and Krimmel’s interpretation from Konzerthaus Dortmund gets under your skin, especially when paired with the Songs op. 32 by Johannes Brahms.

Johannes Brahms
NEUN LIEDER UND GESÄNGE, OP. 32
Wie rafft ich mich auf in der Nacht
Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen
Ich schleich umher
Der Strom, der neben mir verrauschte
Wehe, so willst du mich wieder
Du sprichst, dass ich mich täuschte
Bitteres zu sagen denkst du
So stehn wir, ich und meine Weide
Wie bist du, meine Königin

Valentin Silvestrov
Selection from SILENT SONGS
Song can heal the ailing spirit
There were storms and tempests
La Belle Dame sans Merci
O melancholy time! Delight for eyes!
Farewell, O world, farewell, O earth
I will tell you with complete directness
Here’s a health to thee, Mary
Winter Journey
The Isle
Autumn Song
Swamps and marshes
Winter Evening

 

Hélène Grimaud, piano
Konstantin Krimmel, baritone