Posts Tagged ‘Mahler’
Wednesday 05/09/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Conductor: Ivan Fischer Soprano: Miah Persson Clarinetist: Jacques Meertens SCHUBERT: Symphony no. 3 SCHUBERT / REINECKE: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen MAHLER: Symphony no. 4
Wednesday 04/11/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Markus Stenz Mezzo-soprano: Christianne Stotijn ORCHESTRA: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bruckner: Symphonisches Praeludium Mahler: Blumine Glanert: Fluss ohne Ufer Diepenbrock: Hymne an die Nacht II Janacek: Sinfonietta Fill: Alma Mahler: Songs for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Mahler’s World?
“A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.” Is that what Mahler achieved in “Das Lied von der Erde” (“The Song of the Earth”), and is it possible that a 20th century western composer could find himself in 8th century eastern poetry? The latter question may be easier to answer. It seems […]
Monday 03/05/12 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductors: Thomas Schippers; Leonard Bernstein Soloists: Martina Arroyo, soprano; Beverly Wolff, mezzo-soprano; Tito del Bianco, tenor; Justino Diaz, bass; The Camerata Singers, Abraham Kaplan, director; Reri Grist, soprano Rossini: Stabat Mater (recorded 1965) Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G Major (recorded 1960)
Tuesday 02/14/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen Violinist: Baird Dodge Program: Matheson: Violin Concerto (CSO co-commission, world premiere) Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A Minor
Monday 01/23/12 New York Philharmonic This Week
11pm Conductor: Alan Gilbert Thomas Adès: Polaris (New York Premiere; NYP Co-Commission with Miami’s New World Symphony; Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Orchestra; London’s Barbican Centre; Los Angeles Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony) Mahler: Symphony No 9
It Had a Not-So-Nice Ring to It
By now, most of you have probably heard about the ringing cell phone that disrupted a recent New York Philharmonic performance of Mahler’s 9th Symphony to such an extent that Maestro Alan Gilbert stopped the show until the phone’s owner assured him that the offending device had, indeed, been silenced. The phone had apparently been […]
