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das lied von der erde

mahler’s song cycle in an arrangement of reinbert de leeuw

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20:00 

 

performers

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Gregor Mayrhofer, conductor
Lucile Richardot, mezzo-soprano
Yves Saelens, tenor

 

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13 March is coming closer. Two weeks until Klarafestival 2021: the digital experience takes off. This year we will bring Klarafestival to you.
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klarafestival — the digital experience

With the upcoming spring, Klarafestival 2021 is quickly taking shape. A little while ago we promised – with Es ist noch nicht alles verloren! (All is not lost!) – a reassuring and hopeful festival with the relationships between people and their environment at its heart. So it’s time for an update!  
Jan Raes

video series: unanswered questions

A few days before Klarafestival 2021, we’d like to get you in the mood with our new video series ‘Unanswered Questions’. Five people, somehow connected to the festival, reflect on the theme ‘es ist noch nicht alles verloren’. What power do they draw from music? What is their source of hope? Listen to their story

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Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Das Lied von der Erde, eine Symphonie für eine Tenor- und eine Alt- (oder Bariton-) Stimme und Orchester (arr. Reinbert de Leeuw)

 

about

No other composer bade farewell to the world as eloquently, as evocatively and as frequently as Gustav Mahler. Death rears its head again and again throughout his oeuvre: sometimes gentle and reassuring, sometimes savage and intense. Das Lied von der Erde, composed during an extremely difficult period of his life, is no exception to this.   
 
Mahler based Das Lied von der Erde on very free and romanticised translations of ancient Chinese poetry by the German poet Hans Bethge. In these lyrics, a sudden awareness of one’s own mortality brings about a hedonistic enjoyment of the beauty of nature. The final movement bids a resigned farewell.   
 
The recently deceased composer, conductor and pianist Reinbert de Leeuw wrote a new arrangement of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. His version has a songlike intimacy, and is the last score he completed before his death.

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From March 13 until 22, we will present forgotten gems, great Romantic classics, plenty of new creations and also new, young talent. You’re welcome on our website to explore this digital experience. If you want to enjoy the free digital concerts, please don't forget to register in advance. Register via www.klarafestival.be/live and watch the entire festival in optimal audio and video quality for free.

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Klarafestival, BOZAR

 

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