By Sylvia Roth
The Scottish Highlands: Rugged, archaic mountains streaked with mist. A place of longing – not just nowadays. As early as the early 19th century, more and more Germans set off for the Highlands, because that’s where they think the roots of Romanticism lie: Fanny Lewald, Johanna Schopenhauer, Titus Ullrich or Theodor Fontane – they all set off. We follow them into the “Gaelic wilderness”: into a world full of melancholy and loneliness, full of poetry and magic.
Music List:
Traditional:
MacIntosh’ s Lament
Bonnie Rideout (Fiddle)
Granville Bantock:
“Straethspey” from “Scenes from the Scottish Highlands”
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim
Direction: Douglas Bostock
Robert Burns / Arvo Pärt:
My Heart’s in the Highlands
Andreas Scholl (Countertenor)
Morphing Chamber Orchestra
Leitung: Tomasz Wabnic
Jacob van Eyck:
Scots Rant / Argiers
The Musicians of Saint-Julien
Direction: Francois Lazarevitch
James Macpherson:
Macphersons Lament
Jordi Savall (Celtic Violin)
Traditional:
Loch Lomond
Octavian (Life)
Buxton Orr:
Celtic Suite, “Jig”
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Direction: David Lloyd Jones
Hamish MacCunn:
Land of the Mountain and the Flood op. 3
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Direction: Grant Llewellyn
Bear McCreary:
Soundtrack for “Outlander”, Moch Sa Mhadainn
Gregor Laubri (Gesang)
Traditional:
The Sailor Laddie
Team Consort
Direction: Nikolaus Newerkla
Traditional:
Medley of Scot Tunes
Rachel Barton Pine (Violine)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Direction: Alexander Platt
Traditional:
Loch Erroch Side
Robert Gétchell (Tenor)
The Musicians of Saint-Julien
Direction: François Lazarevitch
James Oswald:
Johnnie Cope / James Lilt
The Musicians of Saint-Julien
Direction: François Lazarevitch
Ludwig van Beethoven:
“Sunset” from Scottish Songs op. 108
André Schuen (Baritone)
Boulanger Trio
Granville Bantock:
“Dirge, Isle of Mull” from “Scenes from the Scottish Highlands”
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim
Direction: Douglas Bostock
References:
Fanny Lewald, quoted from: Tobias Zabel: So to Scotland! Scotland perceptions and interpretations of German travelers between romanticism and objectivity from 1800-1870, Peter-Lang-Verlag, Frankfurt 2013
Titus Ullrich, quoted from: Tobias Zabel: So to Scotland! Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt 2013
Johanna Schopenhauer, quoted from: Tobias Zabel: So to Scotland! Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt 2013
Theodor Fontane, from: Theodor Fontane: Beyond Tweed. Pictures and letters from Scotland, Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2016
Richard Andree, quoted from: Tobias Zabel: So to Scotland! Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt 2013
Emilie von Berlepsch, quoted from: Tobias Zabel: So to Scotland! Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt 2013
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