Mahler and His Circle

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.

Collaborative piano faculty Cameron Stowe and Tanya Blaich gather NEC singers and pianists for a Liederabend devoted to songs by Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg and Alexander Zemlinsky.

This is the second of two Mahler-centric Liederabends. The first takes place on November 9.

The Program:

Alma Mahler: Die stille Stadt 
     Laue Sommernacht 
     Bei dir ist es traut

     Mary Starkey, mezzo-soprano
     Jinhyang Park, piano

Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen  
     1. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht 
     2. Ging heut’ Morgen übers Feld
     3. Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer
     4. Die zwei blauen Augen

     Leroy Davis, baritone
     Patricia Au, piano

Richard Strauss: Das Rosenband 
     Morgen  
     Du meines Herzens Krönelein
     Ständchen

     Dana Atwood, soprano
     Pei-Ying Li, piano
 
Alexander Zemlinsky: Entbietung 
     Das bucklichte Männlein  
     Vöglein Schwermut
     Tod in Ähren
     Misery
     Afrikanischer Tanz

     Hernan Berisso, baritone
     Christina Chao, piano
     Bridget Haile, soprano
     Han-Wen Yu, piano

  
Arnold Schoenberg: from Brettl Lieder
     Gigerlette 
     Der Genügsame Liebhaber  
     Langsamer Walzer

     Laura Soto-Bayomi, soprano
     Christina Chao, piano