Songs of Parents & Children

Thursday, May 14, 3 PM - FREE
Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder

In the summer of 1901, Mahler's health crisis inevitably led him to think about his own mortality. This was one of his most prolific summers during which he composed several songs with texts from Friedrich Rückert's Kindertotenlieder. Mahler quotes from one of these songs on the final page of his Ninth Symphony. Mahler's wife, Alma, was not pleased at the subject matter, “For Heaven’s sake, don’t tempt Providence!” On this program we also offer the Clarinet Trio by Alexander Zemlinksy who was once in love with Alma Schindler, the future Alma Mahler. 

• ZEMLINSKY | Clarinet Trio in D minor, Op. 3
• MAHLER | Kindertotenlieder

Jennifer Hayghe, Piano
Andrew Konopak, Baritone
Daniel Silver, Clarinet
Parry Karp, Cello