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General Category => Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions => Topic started by: C. Songeur on February 26, 2007, 07:12:00 AM

Title: An '8th Symph' performed as the climax to the 'Wiener Festwochen' 2007.
Post by: C. Songeur on February 26, 2007, 07:12:00 AM

Good morning to all of you.
There are two Mahler's rarely performed Symphony 'of a thousand' sheduled in Vienna.   These evening concert are prestigous endings for the viennese festival in spring.
See you in Vienna?
Have a good week.
C. Songeur, Antwerp.
 
 
From:   www.festwochen.at/index.php?id=eventdetail&L=0&detail=49.
 
Montag, 18. Juni 2007, 19.30 Uhr, Großer Saal Konzerthaus:
Orchesterkonzert
Wiener Symphoniker
Wiener Singakademie
Knabenchor Bratislava
Susan Anthony, Sopran/Magna Peccatrix
Anne Schwanewilmsl, Sopran/Una Poenitentium
Sandra Trattnigg, Sopran/Mater Gloriosa
Jane Henschel, Alt/Mulier Samaritana
Antigone Papoulkas, Alt/Mulier Aegyptiaca
Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor/Doctor Marianus
Roman Trekel, Bariton/Pater Ecstaticus
Kwangchul Youn, Baß/Pater Profundus
Fabio Luisi, Dirigent
Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 8 für drei Sopran- und zwei Alt-Soli, Tenor-, Bariton- und Baß-Solo, Knabenchor und zwei gemischte Chöre sowie großes Orchester.
 
Dienstag, 19. Juni 2007, 19.30 Uhr, Großer Saal Konzerthaus:
Abschlußkonzert
Wiener Symphoniker
Wiener Singakademie
Knabenchor Bratislava
Susan Anthony, Sopran/Magna Peccatrix
Anne Schwanewilmsl, Sopran/Una Poenitentium
Sandra Trattnigg, Sopran/Mater Gloriosa
Jane Henschel, Alt /Mulier Samaritana
Antigone Papoulkas, Alt/Mulier Aegyptiaca
Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor/Doctor Marianus
Roman Trekel, Bariton/Pater Ecstaticus
Kwangchul Youn, Baß/Pater Profundus
Fabio Luisi, Dirigent
Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 8 für drei Sopran- und zwei Alt-Soli, Tenor-, Bariton- und Baß-Solo, Knabenchor und zwei gemischte Chöre sowie großes Orchester.

Title: Re: An '8th Symph' performed as the climax to the 'Wiener Festwochen' 2007.
Post by: barry guerrero on February 26, 2007, 08:15:36 AM

These are to be done in the much larger Konzerthaus - the location of the Bernstein/VPO M8 that's out on DVD (DG).  It boasts a very large organ, and plenty of space for choral forces. It should sound great.

Barry