✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

You have reached the limit of free articles.


To enjoy unlimited access to Culture Whisper plus a pair of free tickets to a London event sign up for FREE.
Find out more about Culture Whisper


Sign up by Email or Facebook.

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy

Each week, we sent newsletters and communication featuring articles, our latest tickets invitations, and exclusive offers.

Occasional information about discounts, special offers and promotions.


OR
LOG IN

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

Thanks for signing up to Culture Whisper.
Please check your inbox for a confirmation email and click the link to verify your account.



EXPLORE CULTURE WHISPER
✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy
Forgot your username or password?
Don't have an account? Sign Up

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

If you click «Log in with Facebook» and are not a Culture Whisper user, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy, which includes our Cookie Use

Turning tips into memories

Get started Login
  • Home
  • Going Out
    • Things to do
    • Food & Drink
    • Theatre
    • Visual Arts
    • Cinema
    • Kids
    • Festival
    • Gigs
    • Dance
    • Classical Music
    • Opera
    • Immersive
    • Talks
  • Staying In
    • TV
    • Books
    • Cook
    • Podcast
    • Design
    • Netflix
  • Life & Style
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Gifting
    • Wellbeing
    • Lifestyle
    • Shopping
    • Jewellery
  • Explore
  • About us
  • Tickets
  • Membership
  • Get Started
  • Membership
  • Tickets
Get our exclusive content
+ choose a pair of free tickets from our edit of favourite events
Classical Music

Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Barbican Centre

On 20 Mar 16, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Christian Gerhaher joins Daniel Harding and the LSO for a performance of Schumann's colossal orotorio

By CW Contributor on 23/11/2015

Photo: © Jim Rakete for SonyClassical
Photo: © Jim Rakete for SonyClassical
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Barbican Centre Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Barbican Centre Joe Lloyd
Robert Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust (1844-53) is one of the great romantic’s large-scale masterworks. Set for titantic forces – an orchestra, a chorus and a number of soloists – it is a three-part epic that spans the majority of Goethe’s seminal closest drama. Never shying away from the darkness at the story’s heart, it presents the eternal battle between good and evil in bold orchestration, fusing passages of exhilarating terror with moments of contemplative tranquility and heavenly rapture. This is dramatic music of the highest order, seldom performed due to its difficulty and length. It is an apotheosis of the romantic concern with literature and morality.

Conductor Daniel Harding (Orchestre de Paris chief) has done more than anyone since Benjamin Britten to bring Schumann’s choral masterwork back into the repertoire. In 2014, he released an acclaimed recording of the piece with the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, with Christian Gerhaher and Christiane Karg as Faust and Marguerite respectively. This March, Harding, Gerhaher and Karg will reunite in London to play the Scenes with the London Symphony Orchestra. It looks to be a sure highlight of the Barbican Centre’s 2015/16 season.

Christian Gerhaher is one of the world’s most celebrated baritones. His regular appearances at Wigmore Hall have a tendency to sell out within hours, while his part as Wolfram in the Royal Opera House’s Tannhauser drew ecstatic reviews. As an acknowledged expert in Schumann’s lieder, he will be the perfect fit for this music. The multi-award winning soprano Christiane Karg, particularly acclaimed for her roles in Mozart and Strauss, should provide his match. Tenor Andrew Staples and bass Alistair Miles complete the experienced solo cast.


What Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Barbican Centre
Where Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS | MAP
Nearest tube Barbican (underground)
When On 20 Mar 16, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Price £13-43
Website Click here to book via the Barbican website

You might also like
Free for Members
Up to £69.98
Don a Tricorn Hat and become a pirate on The Hidden Spirit
All booked
22 of February 2019

Pirates of the Hidden Spirit

See all tickets

Most popular

Things to do in London this weekend: 15 - 17 February
Things to do in London this weekend: 15 – 17 February
Best art exhibitions, London, 2019
Best art exhibitions, London, 2019
Clarke Peters in The American Clock, The Old Vic. Photo by Manuel Harlan
The American Clock, Old Vic Theatre review
  • click for more classical music
    recommendations

Romantic

Schumann

Choral Music

Barbican Centre

London Symphony Orchestra

Christian Gerhaher

You might like

  • The Seasons, Barbican Centre

    The Seasons, Barbican Centre

  • Bach's St Matthew Passion, Barbican Centre

    Bach's St Matthew Passion, Barbican Centre

  • Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis, Wigmore Hall

    Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis, Wigmore Hall

  • Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, Wigmore Hall

    Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, Wigmore Hall

  • The Culture Whisper team
  • What is Culture Whisper membership
  • Corporate membership
  • Give a gift membership
  • Retrieve a gift membership
  • Contact us
  • Press
  • FAQ
  • Privacy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Cookies
  • Discover
  • Venues
  • Restaurants
  • Stations
  • Boroughs

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY
TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY CULTURE WHISPER

You’ve clicked to view the best of our content that we
save exclusively for our members.

If you liked what you saw, subscribe from just £15 and get
unlimited access to our unique culture service as well as
all of our membership benefits.

BECOME A MEMBER ×

Want a pair of free tickets every month?
Upgrade to Gold Whisper now
and save 10% with GOLD10.
Become a premium member today.

UPGRADE NOW ×