Name: Mahler’s Song of the Earth
Start: 2024-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: QPAC

Organization

Admin

Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Conductor

Richard Tognetti

Orchestra

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Singer

Stuart Skelton

Soloist

Catherine Carby

Mahler’s Song of the Earth

Brisbane

Australia

QPAC

Concert Hall

Mahler’s Song of the Earth: Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103 Wagner, Richard (+2 More)

Public

Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103

Fünf Lieder (arr. David Matthews)

Das Lied von der Erde (arr. Arnold Schoenberg, Rainer Riehn)

Sushant Karmakar

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Trombonist

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Soprano

Countertenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Tenor

Contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Standing face to face with death, Gustav Mahler did not cower from the abyss.

He reached deep into his soul and conjured his final song cycle, Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) – described by Leonard Bernstein as the greatest “symphony” of this master symphonist. It tells it all. The sweet bitterness of our brief lives. Darkness, light, cruelty, love, beauty and at last, catharsis.

Richard Tognetti directs this unusually intimate encounter with Mahler. Arnold Schoenberg, another titan composer of the 20th century, took Mahler’s signature mighty sound and arranged it for chamber ensemble, carefully preserving the texture and impact of the original. The arrangement gives two soloists room to shine.

Joining Richard and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) is Stuart Skelton, one of the great tenors of our time. Commanding a voice of incredible power and passion, he sings the most demanding music ever written for the human voice. This is a rare chance to hear him on his home stage, alongside celebrated Australian mezzo-soprano Catherine Carby.

It is love that makes us grieve death, so balancing Mahler’s powerful exploration of the human condition is the tender warmth of Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll – a musical gift to his wife, and the songs of Alma Mahler-Werfel sung by Catherine Carby – exquisite expressions of love and beauty.

The ACO will be joined on stage by guest artists on percussion, mandolin, harmonium and an array of wind and brass instruments for a thrilling spectacle. When this program debuted at the Edinburgh Festival it received rave reviews and audiences were in raptures.

Give yourself over to this extraordinary music, as Mahler captures the very human struggle that unites us and, ultimately, the quiet ecstasy of acceptance that brings us inner peace.

English

Mahler’s Song of the Earth by Wagner, Richard, Mahler, A., Mahler, Fra (2024/2024), Dirigent Richard Tognetti, QPAC, Brisbane, Australia

Forestillingkreditter (Ensemble & produksjonsteam )

Cast

Ensemble

Program, Informasjon & Sammendrag

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Videre lesning

Forestillingsdatoer og spillesteder

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