Visions of Childhood - Following Mahler on the Path to Eternity: ONLINE - ESO Digital at Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth on Friday 16th October 2020

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Visions of Childhood - Following Mahler on the Path to Eternity

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Part of the Music from Wyastone Virtual Concert Series - 2020

Add to my Calendar 16-10-2020 19:30 16-10-2020 21:30 36 Visions of Childhood - Following Mahler on the Path to Eternity Recorded at Wyastone Concert Hall, the musicians of the English Symphony Orchestra and soprano April Fredrick perform this moving programme which will take the listener on a journey that is both musical and spiritual, exploring both the composers and the ideas that influenced Mahler. Erwin Stein made his now-famous arrangement of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony for flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling cor anglais), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), harmonium, piano, percussion and solo strings in 1921. It was intended for the Society for Private Musical Performances run by Arnold Schönberg in Vienna. To complement Stein’s arrangement of Das Himmlische Leben, the ESO’s Artistic Director and Conductor Kenneth Woods, who also serves as Artistic Director of Colorado MahlerFest, has made new arrangements of all the other works on this programme for the same forces.   WHAT IS ESO DIGITAL?By donating monthly to English Symphony Orchestra, you will get free access to ESO Digital. Click here for more details: https://www.eso.co.uk/digital/ IS THIS A LIVE PERFORMANCE?No, this was recorded at Wyastone Concert Hall on 27th & 28th July 2020. WAS IT PRODUCED SAFELY?Yes, we continue to work with the Musicians' Union and other experts to have up-to-date risk assessment in line with the current government guidelines. WILL THIS PERFORMANCE BE AVAILABLE AFTER BROADCAST?Yes. ESO Digital contains 24/7 access to previously ‘limited-time’ content, as well as archival material. Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Wyastone Concert Hall
Wyastone Leys
Monmouth
Monmouthshire
NP25 3SR
Wales

Friday 16th October 2020
7:30 PM

Programme

Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103 (arr. Kenneth Woods)
Engelbert Humperdinck – Hänsel und Gretel: Der Kleine Sandmann (arr. Kenneth Woods)
Gustav Mahler – Des Knaben Wunderhorn: 12, Das irdische Leben (arr. K Woods)
Franz Schubert – Piano Quintet in A major 'The Trout', D.667 (arr. K Woods)
Franz Schubert – Der Tod und das Mädchen, D.531 (arr. Kenneth Woods)
Gustav Mahler – Des Knaben Wunderhorn: 4, Das Himmlische Leben (arr. E Stein)

Performers

April Fredrick – soprano
Kenneth Woods – Conductor

English Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

Recorded at Wyastone Concert Hall, the musicians of the English Symphony Orchestra and soprano April Fredrick perform this moving programme which will take the listener on a journey that is both musical and spiritual, exploring both the composers and the ideas that influenced Mahler.

Erwin Stein made his now-famous arrangement of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony for flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling cor anglais), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), harmonium, piano, percussion and solo strings in 1921. It was intended for the Society for Private Musical Performances run by Arnold Schönberg in Vienna. To complement Stein’s arrangement of Das Himmlische Leben, the ESO’s Artistic Director and Conductor Kenneth Woods, who also serves as Artistic Director of Colorado MahlerFest, has made new arrangements of all the other works on this programme for the same forces.

WHAT IS ESO DIGITAL?
By donating monthly to English Symphony Orchestra, you will get free access to ESO Digital. Click here for more details: https://www.eso.co.uk/digital/

IS THIS A LIVE PERFORMANCE?
No, this was recorded at Wyastone Concert Hall on 27th & 28th July 2020.

WAS IT PRODUCED SAFELY?
Yes, we continue to work with the Musicians' Union and other experts to have up-to-date risk assessment in line with the current government guidelines.

WILL THIS PERFORMANCE BE AVAILABLE AFTER BROADCAST?
Yes. ESO Digital contains 24/7 access to previously ‘limited-time’ content, as well as archival material.

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