One-composer lieder recitals with the music’s creator sitting at the piano are rare events. • The soprano Gesche Geier, accompanied by pianist and composer Hans Martin Gräbner, interpret three of Mr. Gräbner’s lieder cycles, written in 2011 and 2013. • The first part takes us through the seasons and the course of life – the second, short cycle is homage to Franz Liszt – and a Masonic spirit permeates the third. • Texts include works of the Italian Trecento, German Romanticism and German writer Kurt Tucholsky. • The music never strays outside the bounds of tonality, with short excursions into 12-tone music.
