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Mariä Wiegenlied Op.76 No.52 (1901-3)
by Max Reger (1873–1916)
The Mariä Wiegenlied is rare in Reger’s vast output of music for its melodious simplicity. While its rocking rhythm remains much the same throughout, its harmonies are heightened by a tender modulation in the middle of the second stanza. It was never going to depose Brahms’s Wiegenlied (to be heard later in today’s programme) but it does deserve a regular place in at least the Christmas repertoire.
From Gerald Larner’s files: “Mariawiegenlied”