Des Knaben Wunderhorn

He's more than a bunch of symphonies and songs. Even those are not what you think. And although the music stopped with his death in 1911—100 years later, his time is now. During four months of concerts, jam sessions, conversation, and film, free your mind about what Mahler really means.

Following a 5pm lecture by Mahler scholar Katarina Markovic, collaborative piano faculty Cameron Stowe, and Tanya Blaich gather NEC singers and pianists for a Liederabend devoted to songs Mahler and other composers including Richard Strauss set to texts from the collection of German folk poems, Des Knaben Wunderhorn. The concert proper will begin at 6pm.

The Program:

Gustav Mahler
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
Ablösung im Sommer
Das irdische Leben
Rheinlegendchen
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
Scheiden und meiden
Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen
Verlorne Müh’
Starke Einbildungskraft
Nicht wiedersehen
Ich ging mit Lust

Johannes Brahms
Der Überläufer
Liebesklage eines Mädchens

Robert Schumann
Marienwürmchen

Felix Mendelssohn
Jagdlied

Richard Strauss
Hat gesagt—bleibt’s nicht dabei

Carl Loewe
Herr Oluf

Read Katarina Markovic's note on Des Knaben Wunderhorn and find other Mahler program notes.

This is the first of two Mahler-centric Liederabends. The second takes place on December 1.