Strauss's Emperor Waltz, Arnold Schoenberg and the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen As a name, “The Society for Private Musical Performances” may not roll off the tongue, but it is surely easier Kenneth Woods - An Illustrated Tour of Mahler 2 The Second Symphony was to be the highlight of MahlerFest XXXIII. Our performance would have featured the Boulder Concert Chorale, and soloists April Kenneth Woods - Mahler Meditations for 18 May, 1911: KW on Why this 6 minutes of Mahler? Part of a vintage series marking the 100th Anniversary of the death of Gustav Mahler, 18 May, 1911. Join us Kenneth Woods - One Moment of Mahler 2 Kenneth Woods discusses how one chord in Mahler's epic Second Symphony resonates throughout the entire work in this post written Philip Sawyers "Hommage to Kandinsky", An Exploration of the Score by Kenneth Woods British composer Philip Sawyers is our visiting composer this season. There is an interview with him as part of our Virtual Symposium here. Kenneth Woods - Das Lied von der Erde, a composer's rebirth Join us for a complete performance of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde on Thursday the 14th of May as part of Virtual MahlerFest. It Philip Sawyers on his Songs of Loss and Regret As part of our online Lieder Concert on Thursday the 14th of May, soprano April Fredrick and pianist Michael Karcher-Young Kenneth Woods: Das Lied von der Erde, beginnings and endings, connections and contradictions Join us for a complete performance of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde on Thursday the 14th of May as part of Virtual MahlerFest. https://youtu.be/izQ3KdU7o7M "Vienna: city of dreams and nightmares": Peter Davison on Schönberg's Chamber Versions of Johann Strauss Jr. and Gustav Mahler Written for a 2010 Orchestra of the Swan performance of the Strauss Emperor Waltz and Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Peter Davison - Mahler Seeks the Earth's Embrace Here is a wonderful essay on Mahler's engagement with nature, originally written for the Mahler in Manchester Festival in 2010 Kenneth Woods on Schubert's Piano Sonatas in C minor and B-flat Major The first concert in our 2020 Virtual MahlerFest will be a performance by Festival Artist, David Korevaar, of Franz Schubert's Kenneth Woods in conversation with CPR Classical's David Ginder - Mahler's 2nd Symphony and Beethoven in our Time MahlerFest's Artistic Director, Kenneth Woods, speaks with CPR Classical host David Ginder about Mahler's Second Symphony, why you shouldn't start “Come! Raise yourself to the highest spheres” Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in E-flat by Peter Davison “Come! Raise yourself to the highest spheres” Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in E-flat "Symphony of a Thousand" (1906-7) https://youtu.be/F5nZnc3k5lk Wagner’s Walküre – Who are these people and how did they get here? Re-blogged from A view from the podium Join us for a world premiere webcast of Act One of Die Walküre Book Review: Stephen Johnson, The Eighth: Mahler and his World in 1910 During the Mahler anniversaries of 2010-11, Norman Lebrecht published a book called Why Mahler? Now, as then, even the most « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »