Mahler: A life in Song Part II
21 October 2017, 11:00am - 3:00pm
The second of Gavin Plumley’s two study days surveying Mahler’s life and songs, presented in association with the Mahler Society. See also Saturday 14.
Joined by an exceptional team of musicians, these lecture-recitals will guide us through Mahler's life, exploring his life, songs and surroundings in depth.
11am Welcome coffee
11.30am Lecture-recital part one
12.45pm A light lunch is available and must be pre-booked (£7)
1.30pm Lecture-recital part two
Programme
- Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
- Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! (1901) from Rückert-Lieder
- O Mensch! Gib Acht! [Fourth movement of Mahler's 3rd Symphony] (1893) 1896
- Um Mitternacht (Mahler, Gustav) (1901) from Rückert-Lieder
- Alma Mahler (Schindler-Mahler) (1879 - 1964)
- Die stille Stadt (1910) from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma)
- Laue Sommernacht (1910) from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma)
- Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
- Liebst du um Schönheit (1902) Op. 37 no.4 (Op.12 no.2) from Rückert-Lieder
- Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
- Liebst du um Schönheit (1840) Op. 37 no.4 (Op.12 no.2) from Zwölf Gedichte aus „Liebesfrühling“
- Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
- Cäcilie (1894) Op. 27 no.2
- Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
- Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (G. Mahler) (1901) from Rückert-Lieder
- Pater ecstaticus from the Eighth Symphony - ‘Schlußszene aus Faust’ (1906)
- Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n (1901) from Kindertotenlieder
- Der Einsame im Herbst (1908) from Das Lied von der Erde
- Oft denk’ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (1904) from Kindertotenlieder
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- Alma Mahler (Schindler-Mahler) (1879 - 1964)
- Ansturm from Vier Lieder (Mahler, Alma)
- Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
- Der Abschied (1908) from Das Lied von der Erde
Artists
Series
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