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Follow the Lieder
Cincinnati Song Initiative
46 episodes
5 days ago
Pianist and wacky song enthusiast Mandee Madrid-Sikich talks all things Lieder related (and not related!). Composers, poets, cultural contexts, piano settings, German romanticism - if it has to do with song, you better believe it's included in this podcast! Each episode covers a different song and is complete with special guest appearances and performances of the chosen songs. You can find Mandee on Instagram @liedernerd and on You Tube as Mandee Madrid-Sikich.
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Pianist and wacky song enthusiast Mandee Madrid-Sikich talks all things Lieder related (and not related!). Composers, poets, cultural contexts, piano settings, German romanticism - if it has to do with song, you better believe it's included in this podcast! Each episode covers a different song and is complete with special guest appearances and performances of the chosen songs. You can find Mandee on Instagram @liedernerd and on You Tube as Mandee Madrid-Sikich.
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Follow the Lieder
Korngold: Sechs einfache Lieder Op. 9

The worlds of Hollywood and Lieder collide in this episode about Erich Wolfgang Korngold and his Sechs einfache Lieder. Including a very special live performance of the cycle by guest vocalist Claire McCahan and guest pianist Tzu Kuang Tan recorded during the Opening Fellows Concert at CSI's Fellowship of the Song program in May of 2024.

Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about its network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org/podcasts.

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2 weeks ago
58 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Botschaft: Johannes Brahms

Follow the Lieder is doing its best Voldemort impression.... WE'RE BACK BABY! Join us as we do a long-awaited deep dive into the life of Johannes Brahms, followed by a performance of Botschaft by tenor Logan Wagner and pianist Kirill Kuzmin. With co-host Brian Sikich.

Raisin Brahms Commercial

Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about its network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org/podcasts.

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1 month ago
1 hour 19 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Liebst du um Schönheit: Gustav Mahler & Clara Wieck Schumann

In our final episode of our compare and contrast season we discuss Liebst du um Schönheit by Gustav Mahler and Clara Wieck Schumann. With guest performers mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Decker and pianist Samuel Martin.
Song Cycle is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about its network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org/podcasts.

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6 months ago
24 minutes

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Waldseligkeit with MYSTERY composers!

Today we have not one, not two, but THREE settings of the text Waldseligkeit by Richard Dehmel. See if you can guess the mystery composers before their names are reveled after receiving the clues and live performances of their settings by Erin Keesey and Samuel Martin!

Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about their network of podcasts at cincinnatsonginitiative.org/podcasts

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8 months ago
28 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Allnächtlich im Traume: Mendelssohn and Schumann

A lively discussion with guest co-host Ben Offringa covering Heine's text Allnächtlich im Traume in settings by Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann. With guest performers Tristan Tournaud, Parker Konkle, Ethan Neal, and Sihan Zhang.

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10 months ago
56 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Rastlose Liebe: Goethe, Zelter, and Schubert

The ASMR Lieder podcast you didn't know you needed! If you can make it past Brian's dubious soundscaping in today's episode then you're in for a treat as we discuss Goethe and his(?) text Rastlose Liebe in settings by Zelter and Schubert. Special thanks to guest performers Erin Keesy, Olivia Knutsen, and Samuel Martin!

Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about their network of podcasts at cincinnatsonginitiative.org/podcasts

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11 months ago
50 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Wald(es)gespräch: Robert Schumann and Alexander Zemlinsky

Join Mandee and Janie as they discuss the legend of the Lorelei and compare settings by Robert Schumann and Alexander Zemlinsky. With guest performances by Erik Nordstrom, Parker Konkle, Erin Keesy, and Samuel Martin.

Picture of Zemlinsky
Concert program
Flight documents
Lorelei Rock

Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about their network of podcasts at cincinnatsonginitiative.org/podcasts

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1 year ago
1 hour 5 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Bonus Episode - Song Cycle: The One with Iain Burnside

This month's episode of Follow the Lieder is slightlyyyyy delayed, so enjoy this bonus episode from Song Cycle hosted by CSI founder Samuel Martin! The great Scottish pianist Iain Burnside joins Sam for a fun and informative conversation.  Come for the sage advice on how to stay active in this ever-changing classical music landscape, stay for the greatest page-turning fail you never knew you needed to hear.

Listen to more Song Cycle here!

Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about their network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org/podcasts.

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1 year ago
48 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Edward: Loewe & Brahms (or "The Tapestry of My Brain")

Murder ballades, Raisin Brahms, and the 'Schubert of the North' are just a few of the things you're not gonna want to miss in this month's episode of Follow the Lieder with guest co-host Brian Sikich.

With guest performances by Erik Nordstrom, Parker Konkle, Lucy Evans, and Logan Wagner.
https://www.eriknordstrom.com/
https://parkerkonkle.com/
https://lucyevansmezzo.com/
https://www.loganwagnertenor.com/

Link to article
The History of Murder Ballades and the Women Who Flipped the Script

Sing Loewe's Edward with me!

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1 year ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Ich stand in dunklen Träumen (Ihr Bild): Schubert & Clara Wieck Schumann

The advent of Season 4 of Follow the Lieder is upon us! All season long we will be comparing various settings of the same text within each episode, beginning today with Heinrich Heine's text “Ich stand in dunklen Träumen” as set by Franz Schubert and Clara Wieck Schumann.

With guest vocalist Naomi Merer Witzen

Sing Schubert's setting with me!
Sing Clara's setting with me!

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1 year ago
40 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Kriegers Ahnung: War and Music

In this episode of Follow the Lieder we discuss Schubert's song Kriegers Ahnung and music's role in highlighting our shared humanity in the face of war. With special guest cellist Da Yoon Kang.

Sources:  
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/bulge-dispatches/
Forgotten Voices of the Second World War by Max Arthur
https://www.msf.org/data-and-patient-accounts-reveal-indiscriminate-attacks-against-civilians-ukraine-war
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/learning/teaching-about-the-israel-hamas-war.html
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/rare-personal-accounts-of-life-in-the-trenches-in-1917
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/opinion/israel-hamas-hostage.html
https://richmond.com/news/local/hersh-goldberg-hamas-hostage/article_eeced124-93aa-11ee-a806-27270ca975f8.html



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1 year ago
28 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Richard Strauss: Allerseelen

The self-proclaimed first-class second-rate composer Richard Strauss is the topic of today's episode. Join us as we discuss a brief history of his life and cover his song Allerseellen with guest host Janie Roy and guest vocalist Liisa Dàvila.

Sing Allerseelen with me
Find Liisa here
Find Janie here

Sources: The Lieder of Richard Strauss by Alan Jefferson; The life of Richard Strauss by Bryan Gilliam; Strauss by Laurenz Lütteken; "Actually, I like my songs best": Strauss's Lieder by Susan Youens; Strauss in the Third Reich by Michael Walter; The Lieder of Richard Strauss by Christine Getz; Allerseelen English translation by Richard Stokes

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1 year ago
50 minutes

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Hugo Wolf: Gebet

Hugo Wolf was known for his fiery temperament, never-ending grudges, and his wildly non-filtered opinions - he even earned the nickname 'Wild Wolf.' Join us today as we discuss this feisty little composer (really he was only 5"1'!) and his song Gebet from Mörike-Lieder with tenor Adrian Autard and guest host Brian Sikich.

Sing Gebet with me!
Raisin Brahms Commercial
Find Adrian on Instagram
Find me on Instagram

Application for the Fellowship of the Song


Sources:
Hugo Wolf: The Vocal Music by Susan Youens; Hugo Wolf and His Mörike Songs by Susan Youens; Hugo Wolf by Frank Walker; The Songs of Hugo Wolf by Eric Sams; Hugo Wolf Songs by Mosco Carner;

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1 year ago
51 minutes

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Debussy & Korngold with Dylan Perez

Pianist Dylan Perez joins us today to discuss some music (not gonna tell you what!) by Claude Debussy and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Be surprised with me as he shares some very special recordings from his new recording with tenor Ted Black.
 
Find Dylan on Instagram @perezalicious
Listen to Voyage à Paris on Spotify 

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1 year ago
55 minutes

Follow the Lieder
On Belonging: Asian Song with Fleur Barron

The incomparable mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron joins us to discuss her song program titled On Belonging which explores the profundities of culture and identity through Asian song. This episode features selections from her program with pianist Myra Huang and cellist Colemann Itzkoff including Bright Fear composed by Raymond Yiu with text by Mary Jean Chan, Bright Moonlight with text and music by Chen Yi, Lullaby composed by Fang Man with text by Jie Guo, and Northeastern Lullaby arranged by Deng Jianchun and Yao Xuehua.

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1 year ago
1 hour 23 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Ganymed: Schubert & Goethe

Prepare yourself for some Greek mythology, assorted space facts, and perhaps the most exhilarating (dare we say titillating?) passage in all of Lieder.  Schubert's Ganymed is the focus of our podcast today with special guest vocalist Corinne Cowling.

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1 year ago
27 minutes

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Belsatzar: Schumann and Heine

Based on the historical/mythical figure of Belshazzar, Schumann's ballade Belsatzar was only the second song composed during the composer's famous "year of song." In today's episode, soprano Mimi Doulton shares her performance of Belsatzar with us and we discuss the cultural climate at the time, background on the history and mythology surrounding Belshazzar, and Mimi's experience performing the song as part of the Das Lied International Song Competition. With special guest pianist Mairi Harris Grewar.


Watch Mimi's performance on YouTube
Follow Mimi on insta @mimidoulton
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/their-pain-our-gain/

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1 year ago
1 hour 1 minute

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Ilse Weber: The Songstress of Terezín

Amidst the horrors of the Terezín ghetto Ilse Weber wrote profound, haunting lyrics and distinctly memorable tunes to both comfort those around her and to reckon with the unspeakable atrocities surrounding them. Join us in today's episode as we cover her life, legacy, words, and music. With special guest host Kamila Storr and guest vocalist Dr. Naomi Merer.

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1 year ago
1 hour 17 minutes

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Clara Wieck Schumann: Lorelei

Clara Wieck Schumann was a virtual powerhouse of a woman: concert pianist, composer, wife, mother, teacher, editor, arranger, entrepreneur . In this episode we cover the main points of her life and work and discuss her song Lorelei with text by Heinrich Heine. Featuring Georgia Clay as guest host and the incredible vocal talents of Dr. Naomi Merer.

Sing Lorelei with me! -->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba8j1L99o80&ab_channel=MandeeMadrid-Sikich

I am deeply indebted to the biography Clara Schumann: The artist and the woman by Nancy B. Reich.

This episode of Follow the Lieder is sponsored by the Longy School of Music of Bard College.

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2 years ago
1 hour 27 minutes

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Marian Anderson: One Voice Can Make History

Twenty four years before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, a Black woman stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and sang before an unprecedented, racially-integrated audience of 75,000 people. Join us today as we cover the life and legacy of Marian Anderson, perhaps the greatest lieder singer of the 20th century you've never heard of! What's more... Chelsea Marie Davis and Victoria Theodore share their work on Marian the musical with us (you'll even hear excerpts from the musical!) for what might be the greatest episode of Follow the Lieder ever published!

Find Chelsea @cmdsings and Victoria @victoriatheodoremusic
Featuring the vocal talents of  DeOnzell Green, Clinton Roan, and Charlotte Odusanya

Marian on What's My Line?
Marian Sings three songs, a 1951 concert
Short Documentary
NPR Article: Denied a Stage, She Sang for a Nation
Lincoln Memorial PBS Excerpt
National Marian Anderson Museum
Marian Musical Website

Marian Anderson YouTube Playlist

For further reading check out Marian Anderson: A Singer's Journey by Allen Keiler and her autobiography My Lord What a Morning


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2 years ago
1 hour 16 minutes

Follow the Lieder
Pianist and wacky song enthusiast Mandee Madrid-Sikich talks all things Lieder related (and not related!). Composers, poets, cultural contexts, piano settings, German romanticism - if it has to do with song, you better believe it's included in this podcast! Each episode covers a different song and is complete with special guest appearances and performances of the chosen songs. You can find Mandee on Instagram @liedernerd and on You Tube as Mandee Madrid-Sikich.