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The second concert in the 19992000 “Smithsonian at Little Washington” season will take place on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. when The Theatre at Washington presents a recital of songs by Franz Schubert.
Schubert was bom on Jan. 31, 1797, and died at the age of 31 in 1828. Despite failing health, some of his greatest music was compdsed in his last year. These late compositions include the music to be heard on Jan. 29, Schubert’s final song cycle, Schwanengesang, or “Swan Song,” which, as with most of his Lieder, incomparably sets to music poems dealing with the great human emotions.
Like so much of his work, it was not even published during his lifetime. Yet it was as a songwriter that Schubert was most famous for much of his career and, many believe, that as a songwriter he has never been surpassed.
The upcoming concert in tribute to Schubert brings to Little Washington a special appearance by famed Dutch baritone Max van Egmond. Van Egmond was bom in 1936 in the former Dutch East Indies and moved to Holland after World War II.
Following his debut as a soloist in 1959 he won a series of international prizes. He established his reputation as an oratorio singer, and he is star of the complete Bach Cantata CD cycle on Teldec records. His performances
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