Mahler Festival: Mahler's moving Das Lied von der Erde

Date & Time

Wed, May 14, 2025, 13:00

Venue

Het Concertgebouw, Recital Hall (Amsterdam)

The Recital Hall is dedicated to Mahler's most beautiful songs during the Mahler Festival. Perhaps the most important song accompanist of the moment, pianist Julius Drake, flanks his favourite vocalists. Today, these are Feride Büyükdenktaş and Stuart Jackson. Together they sing the moving Das Lied von der Erde, in Mahler's own version for two vocalists and piano.Six narrative movements make up Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. He based the songs on texts about nature, death and life. He used... Read full text

Keywords: Chamber Music, Vocal Music

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Musicians

Feride Büyükdenktas	Mezzo-Soprano
Stuart Jackson	Tenor
Julius Drake	Piano

Program

Das Lied von der Erde

Gustav Mahler

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