For baritone Samuel Hasselhorn, faith, hope and love are the three central themes of human existence. Three values that we have recently lost sight of because of the forms of fear, envy and hate that surround us, according to Hasselhorn. He seems to be referring mainly to the pandemic of the past two years, although now it could also refer to the threat of war. With this beautiful recital, Hasselhorn
… hopes to evoke memories of the better times of yore, however difficult that may sometimes be. The program is an alternation of familiar and less familiar Schubert songs. Starting with, how could it be otherwise, Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe, after a poem that was obviously inspired by the well-known letter fragment from the Apostle Paul. The diabolical opposites of fear, envy and hatred are more applicable to Erlkönig, the spectacular song that became Schubert's Opus 1. (HJ)more
