The Second Symphony was to be the highlight of MahlerFest XXXIII. Our performance would have featured the Boulder Concert Chorale, and soloists April Fredrick – soprano, and Stacey Rishoi – mezzo soprano. Rishoi’s thrilling 2018 MahlerFest performance of Das Lied von der Erde is available as part of the 2020 Virtual Colorado MahlerFest.
Mahler’s Second Symphony is simply one of the most powerful pieces of music ever created. Nearly 90 minutes long and scored for an enormous orchestra, choir, and soloists, it embraces the full breadth of human experience and emotion, from high tragedy to satire, from tender hope to the end of the world, and ends in Mahler’s vision of a post-Apocalyptic utopia in which all humanity shall rise again, without fear of judgement.
The performance featured in the Virtual Festival is the concert portion of Jason Starr‘s Of Love, Death and Beyond. The film is available as part of the festival.
- Neeme Järvi, conductor
- Susanne Mentzer, mezzo soprano
- Twyla Robinson, soprano
- Musicians from from the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Detroit and New Jersey Symphonies and the New York Choral Artists
- Synopsis and trailer are here
- A DVD of this performance is available with Jason’s movie in our store here
MahlerFest Artistic Director Kenneth Woods was interviewed by Colorado Public Radio‘s David Ginder about Mahler’s Second Symphony. This video is only available on Facebook.
The Mahler Foundation has created short documentaries about each symphony which are available on their main page. The movie about the Second Symphony is available here until May 19.
Concert Film
This concert film is only available in Vimeo with the password “Mount Mahler”
No need to download, join, create an account, or give any contact information. Simply click the link and use the password.
Jason Starr will gladly respond to comments made on the video so please feel free to ask any questions.
⇒ Click here to open in Vimeo and access with password “Mount Mahler“
To be released on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 3:30 PM MDT and will be available for 24 hours only.
Click here to view the full 2020 Virtual Colorado MahlerFest schedule.
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