# Ian Bostridge & Brad Mehldau at Bing Concert Hall, October 16, 2019

[Stanford University Live](https://live.stanford.edu/calendar/october-2019/brad-mehldau-ian-bostridge) presents [Ian Bostridge](https://www.facebook.com/IanBostridge) & [Brad Mehldau](http://www.bradmehldau.com/)  
[Bing Concert Hall](http://live.stanford.edu/bingconcerthall/)  
[Stanford University, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305-5005 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Stanford+University,+327+Lasuen+St,+Stanford,+CA+94305-5005+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Wednesday, October 16, 2019

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## Tentative Program

* Brad Mehldau: _the Folly of Desire_
* Schumann: _Dichterliebe_

## Set One: Brad Mehldau: _the Folly of Desire_

[7:32 PM; lights down, greetings and announcements from Nora Evans, waiting]  
[7:35 PM; Ian Bostridge reads the English translation of Brecht's (filthy) poem]

Brad Mehldau: _the Folly of Desire_

01. [7:37 PM] _the Sick Rose_ (William Blake)
02. [7:38 PM] _Leda and the Swan_ (William Butler Yeats)
03. [7:42 PM] _Sonnet 147_ (William Shakespeare)
04. [7:45 PM] _Sonnet 75_ (William Shakespeare)
05. [7:47 PM] _Über die Verführung von Engeln_ (Bertold Brecht)
06. [7:50 PM] _Ganymed_ (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
07. [7:56 PM] _Ganymede_ (W. H. Auden)
08. [8:00 PM] _the boys i mean are not refined_ (e.e. cummings)
09. [8:04 PM] Excerpt from _Sailing to Byzantium_ (William Butler Yeats)
10. [8:06 PM] _Night II_ from _the Four Zoas (the Wail of Enion)_ (William Blake)
11. [8:13 PM] _Lullaby_ (W. H. Auden)  
[set ends 8:20 PM; bow and then off; lights up a minute later]

## Set Two: Schumann: _Dichterliebe_ 

[8:40 PM lights down, waiting]

Robert Schumann (1810-1856): selected Lieder;  
all text selected from poems of Heinrich Heine's _Lyrisches Intermezzo_

01. [8:41 PM] _Dein Angesicht_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №5); Schumann Op.127 №2
02. [8:43 PM] _Lehn deine Wang'_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №6); Schumann Op.142 №2
03. [8:44 PM] _Es leuchtet meine Liebe_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №46); Schumann Op.127 №3
04. [8:46 PM] _Mein Wagen rollet langsam_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №54); Schumann Op.142 №4  
   
[the remaining songs form Schumann's _Dichterliebe (the Poet's Love)_ (1840), Op.48]
05. [8:49 PM] _Im wunderschönen Monat Mai_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №1)
06. [8:51 PM] _Aus meinen Tränen sprießen_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №2)
07. [8:51 PM] _Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №3)
08. [8:52 PM] _Wenn ich in deine Augen seh_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №4)
09. [8:54 PM] _Ich will meine Seele tauchen_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №7)
10. [8:54 PM] _Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №11)
11. [8:57 PM] _Ich grolle nicht_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №18)
12. [8:58 PM] _Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №22)
13. [8:59 PM] _Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №20)
14. [9:01 PM] _Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №40)
15. [9:04 PM] _Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №39)
16. [9:05 PM] _Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №45)
17. [9:07 PM] _Ich hab' im Traum geweinet_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №55)
18. [9:10 PM] _Allnächtlich im Traume_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №56)
19. [9:11 PM] _Aus alten Märchen winkt es_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №43)
20. [9:14 PM] _Die alten, bösen Lieder_ (Lyrical Intermezzo №65)  
[9:18 PM; set ends; applause & bows, then off]  
   
**1st Encore**
21. [9:19 PM] _These Foolish Things_ (Jack Strachey/Eric Maschwitz AKA Holt Marvell)  
[9:24 PM; encore ends; applause & bows, then off]  
   
**2nd Encore**
22. [9:25 PM] _Night and Day_ (Cole Porter)  
[9:28 PM; encore ends; applause & bows, then off]  
   
**3rd Encore**
23. [9:29 PM] __Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye_ (Cole Porter)_  
[show ends 9:36 PM; applause & bows, then off for good]

## Performers

* [Ian Bostridge](https://www.facebook.com/IanBostridge): tenor vox;
* [Brad Mehldau](http://www.bradmehldau.com/): piano.

## Notes

For the most part, tonight's program was performed without any break or pause between sections ... which made it *really* hard to keep track of things unless you could exert real commitment to the listening task. Fortunately, I was up for the challenge! Didn't screw up more than, uh, a half-dozen times? It was quite tricky to watch the two performers and try to interpret from their body language whether a piece was done or not. Good thing there wasn't any penalty for my errors!

The house was quite packed for the first half, and not too surprisingly, many folks decided, "meh, that's enough lieder for tonight" and then skipped out at break. Different strokes, I guess. I was kind of confused at the start of the second set ... the words didn't match the titles in my notes! But eventually I realized that four additional poems had been crammed in before _Dichterliebe_. Why? I have no clue. I'm glad that the printed program notes included the poetic texts ... I would have been thoroughly lost without that help ... and yet, I'm perplexed as to how the augmented program wasn't worth a mention. Very strange!

Anyway, I found the second half much more relaxing, as I enjoyed elbow room on both sides, and all the coughers and chair-squeekers seemed to have left. And my persistence paid additional dividends when we got three separate encores, all mid-20th Century jazz classics. Thanks guys!

## Photos

Today's photo (just one or two!) comes from ol' squinty!

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