Eternal Songs – Trans-Classics XI

For her second concert this year in the heights of the Bernese Oberland, Hélène Grimaud has curated a selection of songs designed to inspire exploration and relaxation. Konstantin Krimmel, the young German-Romanian baritone and member of the Bavarian State Opera ensemble since 2021, is deeply passionate about songs. What could be more fitting for an evening with Hélène Grimaud than Brahms’s Daumer Lieder? These songs gain their expressive power by enchanting Persian influences (with five out of the nine songs actually originating from the Bavarian poet August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde). In addition to the Brahms songs, the programme includes contemporary pieces by the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, a recurring presence in Hélène Grimaud’s recent performances.