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Famed for her highly intelligent performances and deep engagement with music, Swedish soprano Miah Persson is in great demand throughout the world. She returned to Wigmore Hall last February with internationally renowned accompanist Roger Vignoles to perform a wonderfully emotive and dramatic programme.
Opening with some of the most celebrated Schubert Lieder, Persson revealed a refined interpretation of each song, searching deep within the texts to convey emotions from agony to ecstasy. With great passion, Persson then entered the Scandinavian sound world to complete her programme with Grieg’s stormy Six Songs and a beautiful collection of Sibelius’s most evocative settings.
Schubert: Suleika I, D720
Suleika I, D720
Schubert: Ganymed, D544
Ganymed, D544
Schubert: Lied Der Mignon, D877 No. 4
Lied Der Mignon, D877 No. 4
Schubert: Rastlose Liebe, D138
Rastlose Liebe, D138
Schubert: Du Bist Die Ruh, D776
Du Bist Die Ruh, D776
Schubert: Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen, D774
Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen, D774
Schubert: Gretchen Am Spinnrade, D118
Gretchen Am Spinnrade, D118
Schubert: Der Hirt Auf Dem Felsen, D965
Der Hirt Auf Dem Felsen, D965
Grieg: Six Songs, Op. 48
Gru?
Dereinst, Gedanke Mein
Lauf Der Welt
Die Verschwiegene Nachtigall
Zur Rosenzeit
Ein Traum
Sibelius: Våren Flyktar Hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4
Våren Flyktar Hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4
Sibelius: Den Första Kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1
Den Första Kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1
Sibelius: Var Det En Dröm?, Op. 37 No. 4
Var Det En Dröm?, Op. 37 No. 4
Sibelius: Säv, Säv, Susa, Op. 36 No. 4
Säv, Säv, Susa, Op. 36 No. 4
Sibelius: Flickan Kom Ifrån Sin Älsklings Möte, Op. 37 No. 5
Flickan Kom Ifrån Sin Älsklings Möte, Op. 37 No. 5
Grieg: Jeg Elsker Dig, Op.5 No.3
Jeg Elsker Dig, Op.5 No.3
August 2012
“'Gretchen am Spinnrade' is a model of how a middle-weight voice can scale the song's peaks thanks to an inner conviction and trusting how the notes and words can shoulder the dramatic weight...So beautiful is her enunciation in the Swedish-language Sibelius songs that you could take phonetic dictation...The Grieg songs show signs of vocal tiring...In 'Die verschwiegene Nachtigall', though, one can hardly imagine a more alluring nightingale song.”
15th July 2012
“a lovely, beautifully balanced recital...In an opening Schubert set, Persson, for all the natural brightness of her voice, achieves the right aching heaviness in Lied der Mignon, and a beguiling sense of gentle repose in Du bist die Ruh.”
September 2012
***
“Persson is beautiful and so is her voice, so she starts with a big advantage. But that is only the start...I did find...that there was a danger of monotony, undercharacterisation and reliance on sheer undeniable vocal beauty. Roger Vignoles is an ideal accompanist, setting the mood with a few notes or chords”
September 2012
“Persson clearly relishes the possibility of characterization particular songs...The voice is light and lyric throughout but there's power too when required, so the final lines of Du bist die Ruh are radiant...However - and this is possibly a subjective caveat - what Persson lacks is the kind of rounded warm tone and inner conviction that makes the best Schubert recitals so warmly satisfying...Hosford is the perfect partner up on the rock”
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Suleika I, D720
