Songs by Johannes Brahms (Gypsy Songs), Robert Stolz, Anton Dvorak (Gypsy Melodies op. 55), Franz Liszt and texts by Kaléko, Merimée, Garcia Lorca, Darwish, Meerbaum-Eisinger, Domin

1 Gertrud Kolmar Die Fahrende 1:43

2 Franz Liszt Die drei Zigeuner 6:19

3 Mascha Kaléko Vagabundenspruch 1:23

Johannes Brahms Zigeunerlieder, op.103, 8 Lieder

4 1. He, Zigeuner 1:04

5 2. An dem Rimaufer 1:44

6 3. Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen 1:47

7 4. Lieber Gott, du weißt 1:33

8 Prosper Merimée Text aus der Novelle „Carmen“ 1:36

9 Johannes Brahms 5. Brauner Bursche 1:38

10 6. Röslein dreie 1:48

11 7. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn 2:07

12 Prosper Merimée Text aus der Novelle „Carmen“ 3:31

13 Johannes Brahms 8. Rote Abendwolken 1:33

14 Federico Garcia Lorca Memento 0:27

15 Robert Stolz Zigeunerlied, op.139, Chanson 6:49

16 Mahmud Darwish Die Violinen 2:35

Antonín Dvoøák Zigeunermelodien, op.55, 7 Lieder

17 1. Mein Lied ertönt 2:43

18 2. Ei, wie mein Triangel 1:17

19 Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger Du, weißt du.. 1:42

20 Antonín Dvoøák 3. Rings ist der Wald 2:43

21 Hilde Domin Ziehende Landschaft 0:47

22 Antonín Dvoøák 4. Als die alte Mutter 1:50

23 5. Reingestimmt die Saiten 1:25

24 6. In dem weiten, breiten Leinenkleide 1:26

25 Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger Gilu – Freiheit auf allen Gebieten 1:11

26 Antonín Dvoøák 7. Darf des Falken Schwinge 2:05

Franziska Vondru, Mezzosoprano and Recitation
Wolfgang Hess, Piano

The travelers, traveling people, people without a permanent home - whoever used
these terms in former centuries usually meant the Gypsies. History records - as with
the Jews - centuries of discrimination, ostracism, persecution, and expulsion. In
the mean time we know that being homeless, expelled, ostracized, or having to go
into exile does not necessarily only have to do with the term „Gypsy," which has
meanwhile become a swearword.
In the present program, songs and literature from the Romantic period with their
rather idealized or clichéd images are contrasted with texts by authors of the
twentieth century. Almost all of these authors - regardless of their extraction - have
something in common: they have themselves experienced what it means to be
expelled, to have lost their homes, to have lived in exile.
Franziska Vondru was born in Vienna, where she initially studied music education,
with a major in voice, at the College of Music and Representational Arts, receiving
a graduation prize for outstanding artistic performance from the Federal Minister for
Science and the Arts. Vondru continued her voice studies in Frankfurt/Main.
At the University of Koblenz/Landau she earned a diploma in speech training. She
had engagements at the Frankfurt theater, at the German Opera Berlin, and various
guest appearances in Europe, was additionally active on radio and television, and
performed in the areas of art song and oratorio.
From 1991 to 1998 she was voice teacher at the Institute for Music Pedagogy of
Goethe University Frankfurt. Since 1998 she has taught at the Frankfurt College of
Music.
A particular emphasis of her concert activities are thematic recitals with art song and
dramatic art, which are partially documented by CD recordings, for example Heart,
die, or sing" (Musicaphon M 56844)