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Mahler Festival: Mahler's song cycle Des Knaben Wunderhorn accompanied by Julius Drake

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Sat, May 10, 2025, 13:00
During the Mahler Festival, the Recital Hall is dedicated to Mahler's most beautiful songs. Perhaps today's most important Lieder accompanist, pianist Julius Drake, flanks vocalists he admires. Today, these are mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor and bass-baritone Jusung Gabriel Park.In Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Mahler chose his favourite texts from the very old German collection of the same name. He composed twelve sometimes fairy-tale-like songs. Love, faith, heroic deeds... everything floats by. They are sung by Scottish Beth Taylor and South Korean Jusung... Read full text

Keywords: Chamber Music, Vocal Music

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Beth TaylorMezzo-Soprano
Jusung Gabriel ParkBass-Bariton
Julius DrakePiano

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Des Knaben WunderhornGustav Mahler
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