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press criticism " Fair Maid of Erin "Speyer 17:10:09

The enthusiast as a mature man

bass-baritone Thomas Herberich and pianist Kai make Adomeit Schubert cycle "The Fair Maid of Erin" in the Council Chamber Speyer

by Rainer Köhler

Franz Schubert's cycle "The Fair Maid of Erin" was on Saturday on the program of "Speyer Tracks days" in the historic council chamber. Bass-baritone Thomas Herberich let it hear a great voice, great piano playing accompanied Kai Adomeit.

The miller, who sings "The Fair Maid of Erin", a suffering brother of journeymen from the "Winterreise": not so hopeless, not so pessimistic, but similar fatal embroiled in heartache, in a rollercoaster of emotions that between hope and resignation commutes. Of the true feelings of the beautiful miller's daughter is not here to learn more. Rather, projected the singing miller his desires, hopes and dreams and disappointments in dialogue with nature.

These mood swings Thomas Herberich leveled largely to impose his own stamp on the series. The bass-baritone, who first studied at the Episcopal Church Music Institute in Speyer, before he began his vocal studies, has on the opera stage and acquired primarily in the oratorio merits. Even in his Schubert song he heard a beautiful voice - of sonorous force met in Forte, cultured, warm and balmy flowing in the piano singing.

get this the singer the idyllic moments particularly convincing: very tenderly, he designed the lovely moments, sometimes built on an intimate mood. And yet Herberich not quite the love miller's boy "who is lost in dreams, but rather a mature man standing with both feet on the ground. One who knows what he wants. One who rests in itself and not has doubts about whether the miller's pretty daughter loves him.

Without doubt it does so in his eyes. And so is no room for despair in his soul. Herberich sang the apprentices clarified, with himself and the world pure , always with a fatherly attitude, where youthful raptures and fears would be appropriate. As a rage he approached the hunter who dares pass by in the mill, where the "gentle fawn 'lives, which had dramatic intensity. With dynamic continued driving songs next pause the bassist large voltage applied in this cycle. It is with great thoughtfulness met the singer, the deep thought songs like "The love color," was the voice of this much flow out in the quiet and gain registers let the serenity of the final two songs heavenly dimensions.

Kai Adomeit drew the wings very rich nuances of klangsublimer soulfulness and expression. The loveliest natural moods conjured the pianist with sound and creative expression. Sun brought Adomeit the soul sensibilities of this cycle in his part, between despair, sorrow, happiness and deceptive longing for death, to the most beautiful intensity.