Mahler Festival: Song recital Alma Mahler and friends

Date & Time

Sat, May 17, 2025, 13:00

Venue

Het Concertgebouw, Recital Hall (Amsterdam)

For four days, the Recital Hall is dedicated to Mahler's most beautiful songs. A special recital is dedicated to his wife Alma, combining pieces by her with those by friends. Perhaps today's most important Lieder accompanist, pianist Julius Drake, flanks his favourite vocalists during all these concerts. Today you will hear French soprano Axelle Fanyo, a 'true storyteller' according to Forum Opéra. She shares the stage with one of the greatest Dutch talents, baritone Raoul Steffani.Austrian Alma Maria Schindler was... Read full text

Keywords: Chamber Music, Vocal Music

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Musicians

Axelle Fanyo	Soprano
Raoul Steffani	Bariton
Julius Drake	Piano

Program

Alma Mahler	Die stille Stadt
Zemlinsky	Sie kam zum Schloss gegangen
Alma Mahler	In meines Vaters Garten
Alban Berg	Schlafen, schlafen
Alma Mahler	Laue Sommernacht
Arnold Schönberg	Erwartung
Alma Mahler	Bei dir ist es Traut
Anton Webern	Dies ist ein Lied für dich allein
Alma Mahler	Ich wandle unter Blumen
Pfitzner	Zum Abschied meiner Tochter
Alma Mahler	Hymne
Erich Korngold	Glückwunsch
Alma Mahler	Der Erkennende
Diepenbrock	En sourdine
Alma Mahler	Hymne an die Nacht
Igor Stravinsky	La lune blanche
Alma Mahler	Ekstase
Benjamin Britten	A Song of Enchantment
Alma Mahler	Lobgesang
Leonard Bernstein	When my soul touches yours

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