Singing with Maria
Andrew Goodwin & Young Kwon Choi: A Poet's Love
Fri, 07 Aug
|ACO On The Pier - The Neilson
Internationally acclaimed Australian tenor Andrew Goodwin and pianist Young Kwon Choi present an evening recital of romantic art songs by Robert Schumann, Gustav Mahler and Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
Time & Location
07 Aug 2026, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
ACO On The Pier - The Neilson, 13A Hickson Rd, Dawes Point NSW 2000, Australia
About the event
Join tenor Andrew Goodwin and pianist Young Kwon Choi for a deeply moving recital of Romantic song spanning German Lieder and Russian Romance. The program opens with Robert Schumann’s masterpiece Dichterliebe, a cycle of sixteen songs set to Heinrich Heine’s poetry. With Dichterliebe, Schumann traces the arc of ecstatic love, betrayal, and resigned sorrow with unparalleled psychological insight and melodic beauty.
Following the interval, four early songs by Gustav Mahler from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit offer a youthful counterpoint. Settings of poems by Richard Leander (Frühlingsmorgen and Erinnerung) and Molina (Serenade and Phantasie from Don Juan) evoke spring’s renewal, tender memory, and romantic fantasy in Mahler’s fresh, imaginative style.
The evening concludes with seven of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s most cherished romances. From the gentle awakening of spring and the excitement of the ballroom to the quiet pain of loneliness and heartfelt pleas, these Russian songs display Tchaikovsky’s gift…