Beethoven's Ninth (Mahler's Version)

Beethoven's Ninth (Mahler's Version)

Saturday, May 16, 7:30 PM
Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant Street, Boulder

6:30 PM | Pre-concert discussion with Kenneth Woods

 

Mahler and Elgar were not just composers. They were both among the greatest conductors of their, or any, generation. Their deep experience on the podium, engaging on an intense creative level with the great works of the past, had a profound impact on their composition. Mahler's "touch-ups" of Beethoven's final symphony show Mahler's determination that his use of the orchestra be not just an end in itself, but a servant of meaning and logic of the score, while Elgar's Bach transcription represents something much more radical - a melding of two great creative minds. Elgar's own genius as an orchestrator may have even surpassed that of Mahler, all the more remarkable since he was completely self-taught - just as Steve Elcock was, whose 11th Symphony receives its world premiere on this thrilling and revelatory program.

  • BACH/Arr. by ELGAR | Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
  • ELCOCK | Symphony No. 11 - WORLD PREMIERE – Sponsored by the Burton Commissioning Fund
  • BEETHOVEN/Arr. MAHLER | Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

MahlerFest Orchestra
Kenneth Woods, Conductor
Boulder Concert Chorale – Dr. Vicki Burrichter, Artistic Director
Hannah Benson, Alto
April Fredrick, Soprano
Brennen Guillory, Tenor
Andrew Konopak, Bass

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