Mahlerfest Through the Years
Past Events
Recent Seasons
Works Performed
- Original Works and Orchestrations by Gustav Mahler
- Works by Other Composers
Blumine 2006, 2019 (world premiere of new Critical Edition by Breitkopf & Härtel)
Das himmlische Leben (The Heavenly Life) from Symphony No. 4 (arr. Woods) 2024
Das irdische Leben (The Earthly Life) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (arr. Woods) 2024
Das klagende Lied (two-part version) 1991
Das klagende Lied (original three-part version) 2008
Das Lied von der Erde 1998, 2007, 2018
Das Lied von der Erde (chamber ensemble version orch. Schoenberg) 2018
Das Lied von der Erde, Der Abschied (voice & piano version) 1998
Das Lied von der Erde (I, III, V) (voice & piano version) 2005
Das Lied von der Erde, VI, (choreographed) 1994
Das Lied von der Erde, Der Abschied, 2013
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (with orchestra) 2001, 2023
Des Knaben Wunderhorn, (voice & piano) 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2022
Die zwei blauen Augen (The Two Blue Eyes) from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (arr. Drennan) 2024
Entr’acte from Die drei Pintos (Weber/Mahler), 2011
Kindertotenlieder (voice & orchestra) 2002, 2023
Kindertotenlieder (voice & piano) 1990, 1996, 2006
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (voice & piano)1988, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2019
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (with orchestra) 2006
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (with chamber ensemble orch. Schoenberg), 2017, 2019
Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit 1988, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2008
Four Early Lieder 1996
Mahlerei (arr. Horowitz/Schnyder, Scherzo from Symphony No. 4 reimagined for bass trombone and chamber orchestra) 2024
Piano Quartet in A minor 1988, 1997, 2004, 2017
Rückert-Lieder 1989, 1997, 2006, 2014, 2016(pf), 2019(pf), 2023
Symphony No. 1 1988, 2006
Symphony No. 1 (New Critical Edition by Breitopf & Hartel) 2019 (World Première)
Symphony No. 1 (Hamburg Version 1893) 1998
Symphony No. 2 1989, 1999, 2012, 2023
Symphony No. 3 1990, 2000, 2010, 2022 (world premiere of New Critical Edition by Brietkopt and Härtel)
Symphony No. 4 1991, 2001, 2013
Symphony No. 4, IV (Mahler performing on piano) 1994, 2022
Symphony No. 4, IV (chamber orch. version by Erwin Stein) 1991, 2015
Symphony No. 5 1992, 2002, 2011, 2021, 2022 (mvt I, two piano version by Singer)
Symphony No. 6 1993, 2003, 2014
Symphony No. 6 (I) two piano version (Zemlinsky) 1993, 2022 (mvts II and III, two piano version by Zemlinksy)
Symphony No. 7 1994, 2004, 2016, 2022 (mvt V, two piano version by Casella)
Symphony No. 8 1995, 2009
Symphony No. 9 1996, 2005, 2015
Symphony No. 10, J. H. Wheeler version 1997
Symphony No. 10, Deryck Cooke III version 2017
Symphony No. 10, Adagio only, 2007
Suites from BWV 1067 and BWV 1068 (Bach/Mahler) 1989
Totenfeier (2007)
Arnold Bax – Song 2000
Bacewicz – Trio for Oboe, Violin, and Cello 2021
Anthony Barfield – Gravity 2024
Bartók – Bluebeard’s Castle 2022
Bartók – String Quartet No 1 2022
Beethoven – Aus Goethe’s Faust Op. 75, No. 3 2009
Beethoven orch. Mahler – Overture ‘Leonore‘ No. 3 2019
Beethoven orch. Mahler – String Quartet in F minor, No. 11, Op. 95 ‘Serioso‘ 2019
Beethoven – String Quartet No 16, Op. 135, in F Major 2022 (Mvt III)
Beethoven arr. Liszt – Symphony no. 4 in B-flat Major Op. 60 2019
Berg – Lieder 1996
Berg – Sieben frühe Lieder 1990
Berg – Vier Stücke fur Klarinette and Klavier 1990
Berio – Sequenza I for Flute 2023
Bernstein – Greeting from Arias and Barcaroles 1997
David LeRoy Biller – Little Piece for Brass Quintet 2024 (world premiere, commissioned)
Eubie Blake – Charleston Rag 2021
Bloch – Suite for Cello and Piano 2023 (arr. Gabor Reijto and Adoph Baller)
Lili Boulanger – Faust et Hélène 2009
Brahms – Clarinet Quintet ) in B minor, Op. 115 2018
Brahms – Lieder 2000, 2001, 2016
Brahms – Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major Op. 99 2018
Brahms – Tragic Overture, Op. 81 2005
Britten – Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio Op. 2 2019
Bruckner – String Quintet in F Major WAB 112 2019
Bruckner – Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103 2022 (mvts II and IV, two piano version by Mahler)
Calvert – Suite from the Monteregian Hills 2024
Casella – Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 8 2022
Claude Debussy – Song 2000
George Crumb – Sonata for Solo Cello 2022
Dvořák – “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka 2000
Elgar – Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 82 2019
Elgar arr. David Matthews – String Quartet Op. 83 arr. for String Orchestra 2017 (US premiere)
Enescu – Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op. 25 2018
James Reese Europe – Casle House Rag 2021
Ewald – Quintet No. 3 in D-flat, Op. 72024
Hans Gál – Symphony No. 4 2023 (U.S. premiere)
Hans Gál – Viola Sonata in A, Op. 101 2021
Graener – Galgenlieder 1995
Griffes – Five Poems, Op. 10 1998
Grosz – Songs, Op. 3 1998
Christopher Gunning – Piano Trio 2022
Christopher Gunning – Symphony No. 10 2022 (world premiere)
Hendrix, arr. Biller – Angel 2024
Humperdinck, arr. Woods – Der kleine Sandmann (The Little Sandman) and Abendsegen (Evening Blessing) from Hänsel und Gretel 2024
Humperdinck – Lied 2001
Jesse Jones – Phantasma for Solo Cello 2018
Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag (arr. by Schulller) 2021
Kahn – Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello 2021
Korngold – Aria from Die tote Stadt 1999
Korngold- Songs and Movie Songs 1999
Korngold – String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10 2023
Korngold – Suite from Much ado about Nothing, Op 11, for violin and piano 2021
Korngold – Violin Concerto 2019
Krása – Tanec for String Trio 2019
Krása – Passacaglia and Fugue for String Trio 2019
Ernst Krenek – Fantasie from Jonny spielt auf 2021
György Kurtág – Signs, Games, Messages (Jelek, Játékok és Üzenetek) 2017
John David Lamb – Fanfare: “Our Time Has Come” 2006
John David Lamb Fuge 2001
John David Lamb – Lebe hoch, Gustav! 2010
Josephine Lang –Lied 2001
Leilehua Lanzilotti – Silhouette, Mirror 2024
Liszt – Es war ein König in Thule 2009
Franz Lehár – Songs from Land of Smiles 1998
Alma Mahler – Lieder 1991, 1992, 2003
Joseph Marx – Songs 1998, 1999
Matthews, David – Romanza for Violin and Piano, Op. 119a (U.S. Premiere) 2017
John McCabe – Sextet for Strings ‘Pilgrim’ 2018 (US Première)
Mendelssohn – Lied 2001
Messiaen – Abîme des oiseaux (Abyss of the Birds) from the Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) 2023
Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81 2021
Karl Mitze – Seesaw 2024
Mozart – Non piu andrai 2000
Thea Musgrave – Phoenix Rising 2023
Mussorgsky – “The Flea” Mephistopheles’ Song in Auerbach’s Tavern 2009
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Blue/s Forms 2024
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk for Solo Violin 2024
Roger Quilter – Song 2000
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Song 2000
Louise Reicharte – Lieder 2001
Max Reger – Lied 2001
Max Reger – Suite in D minor for Violoncello Solo, Op. 131c, no. 2 2023
Saraste – Navarra 2019
Sawyers – Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 1 2021
Sawyers – Symphony No. 5 2021 (world premiere)
Schoenberg – Brettl-lieder 1995
Schoenberg – Klavierstück, Opus 19, No. 6 1997
Schoenberg- Lieder 2001
Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 2016, 2024
Schoenberg – Vier Lieder, Op. 2 1996
Schubert, arr. Woods – Die Forelle (The Trout), Lied and Variations 2024
Schubert, arr. Wood – Der Tod und das Mädchen (Death and the Maiden), Variations and Lied 2024
Schubert – Faust songs 2009
Schubert – Lieder 2000, 2001, 2004, 2016
Schubert – Marches & Ländler 2000
Schubert – String Quintet in C major D. 956, Op. posth.163 2017
Schumann – Lied 2001
Schumann – Lied Lynceus des Türmers Op. 79, No. 28 2009
Schulhoff – Duo for for Violin and Cello 2021
Schulhoff – Sonata for Solo Violin 2023
Schulhoff – Suite for Chamber Orchestra, Op. 31 2021
Kurt Schwertsik – Nachtmusiken 2016 (US Première)
Sibelius – Symphony #7 in C major, Op. 105 2018
Friedrich Silcher – Lied 2001
Johann Strauss Jr. arr. Schoenberg – Emperor Waltz 2019
Richard Strauss – Lieder 1993, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2016
Richard Strauss – Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85 2018
Richard Strauss – Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), TrV296 2024
Tower – Copperwave 2024
Ullmann arr. Woods – Chamber Symphony opus 43a (String Quartet no. 3 arr. String Orchestra)
Wagner – Prelude to Die Meistersinger 2004, 2024
Wagner – Die Walküre 2023 (arranged for chamber orchestra by Francis Griffin)
Wagner, arr. Woods – Siegfried Idyll, WWV103 2024
Kurt Weill – Songs 2000
Felix Weingartner – Hochsommer 1997
Wellesz – Rhapsody for Viola Solo, Op. 87 2023
Wellesz – Songs, Opus 8 1998
Wolf – Lieder 1995, 2000
Wolfes – Bei Mondaufgang 1998
Zelminsky – Sonata for Cello and Piano 2021
Zemlinsky – Hütet euch! 1997
Zemlinsky – Lieder from Opus 2 1995, 2003
Zemlinsky – Three Pieces for Cello and Piano 2018
Zemlinsky – Der Zwerg final scene 2002
Speakers at MahlerFest Symposia
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