Le Salon: Josephine Lang with Elisabeth Hetherington
Monday, 31 August 2026 · 22:15 · Paushuize, Utrecht
Music and poetry around Josephine Lang (1815–1880), one of the most compelling song composers of German Romanticism, in the Le Salon series of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2026. Encouraged by Felix Mendelssohn and published by Robert Schumann, Lang later lived in Tübingen, where her home became a literary and musical salon. Soprano Elisabeth Hetherington and fortepianist Anders Muskens perform her songs and piano music as equal partners, in the spirit of the nineteenth-century salon, with reciter Simon Mulder setting poetry by Heinrich Heine and Lord Byron alongside the music. The concert was sold out.
Performers
Elisabeth Hetherington – soprano
Anders Muskens – fortepiano
Simon Mulder – recitation
Venue
Paushuize, Balzaal, Kromme Nieuwegracht 49, 3512 HE Utrecht
22:15–23:15 · in Dutch and English
