Desire

Torino / Friday 10 September 2021

Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini / at 09:00 PM

Concert programme by Gian-Luca Baldi

Brad Mehldau, in a pause from his endeavors in jazz, composed for Ian Bostridge an extraordinary collection of Lieder based on the themes of desire, passion and love. It was only natural that hewould discover profound spiritual affinity in the compositions of Franz Schumann.

Brad Mehldau The Folly of Desire Italian premiere Robert Schumann Dichterliebe op. 48

Ian Bostridge, tenor

Brad Mehldau, piano