Duration: 1 hour and 32 minutes

About: Pianist-scholar Graham Johnson and world-renowned musicologist Susan Youens join together to share their affection for and knowledge of two titans of German Romanticism: Hugo Wolf & Eduard Mörike. These two men are discussed at great length on a variety of topics including personalities, interests, religious beliefs, and respective backgrounds and upbringings. Johnson and Youens work through the first portion of Wolf's Mörike-Lieder, discussing selections in depth, and end with a mention of their personal favorites in this collection that stands as one of the pinnacles of German Lied.

Resources:

Hugo Wolf and his Mörike Songs by Susan Youens

Oxford Lieder on Wolf’s Mörike-Lieder