Where Flowers Laugh & Songs Bloom

There are stories that remain long after the words have disappeared.

“Where Flowers Laugh & Songs Bloom” explores the space where literature becomes sound, where a poem becomes a melody, and where an image can linger without ever being spoken.

The programme begins with songs from Schubert’s Winterreise and Schwanengesang, in Böhm’s arrangement, tracing a journey through the poetry of Müller, Rellstab, and Seidl. This is followed by Brahms’ Four Ballades, Op. 10, which transforms the idea of musical storytelling into a deeply personal and expressive language. Connesson’s Le Rire de Saraï then draws upon the ancient story of Sarah and Hagar from the Book of Genesis, taking us from sorrow and lament toward hope and renewal. The programme closes with Schubert’s Trockne Blumen—an image of withered flowers reflecting lost love and longing.

Together, these works invite us to listen not only to what the music says, but to what it leaves unsaid: to the stories that linger between notes, the images that emerge in silence, and the emotions that words alone cannot contain.
Where flowers laugh, songs bloom, and literature finds another language.