Mahler Mania, Rebooted

Mandryka · December 12, 2024, 03:28:00 AM

Quote from: LKB on December 12, 2024, 02:58:14 AMMahler created the Eighth in an impressively short period during the early Summer of 1906 ( it's premiere didn't occur until 1910, and was Mahler's final triumph in Europe ). Remarkably, Mahler seems to have left the work virtually untouched once it was completed. Reger's work wasn't composed until 1908, so Mahler could not have been aware of it while he was working on the Eighth.

I should have checked, sorry. I'd assumed for some reason that the Reger was earlier. If anyone's got a good Mahler biography I'd be keen to know if it says anything about his view of Reger (I think he hated Reger's op 144b Requiem -- I'm not sure where I've picked that up from.)

LKB · December 12, 2024, 04:26:22 AM

Quote from: Mandryka on December 12, 2024, 03:28:00 AMI should have checked, sorry. I'd assumed for some reason that the Reger was earlier. If anyone's got a good Mahler biography I'd be keen to know if it says anything about his view of Reger (I think he hated Reger's op 144b Requiem -- I'm not sure where I've picked that up from.)

No worries, just the other day I mistook Alan Civil for Barry Tuckwell...

LKB · December 21, 2024, 12:30:13 AM

I've decided to jump back into performing, one last time, as a chorister in Mahler's Symphony no. 2. While this won't be my " Swan song " ( I've agreed to continue in the chorus for Faure's Requiem in the Spring ) as a singer, it'll be my final shot at the Resurrection.

I'm excited!

relm1 · December 21, 2024, 05:51:07 AM

Quote from: LKB on December 21, 2024, 12:30:13 AMI've decided to jump back into performing, one last time, as a chorister in Mahler's Symphony no. 2. While this won't be my " Swan song " ( I've agreed to continue in the chorus for Faure's Requiem in the Spring ) as a singer, it'll be my final shot at the Resurrection.

I'm excited!

How nice! What orchestra?

LKB · December 21, 2024, 06:09:43 AM

Quote from: relm1 on December 21, 2024, 05:51:07 AMHow nice! What orchestra?

A local community orchestra ( actually, the very ensemble a certain rather notorious critic has played with ). I've been to one concert they gave a few years back and was fairly impressed. They've been through all of the Mahler symphonies twice, and I'm optimistic.

Crudblud · December 22, 2024, 04:25:30 AM

Quote from: Mandryka on December 12, 2024, 03:28:00 AMI should have checked, sorry. I'd assumed for some reason that the Reger was earlier. If anyone's got a good Mahler biography I'd be keen to know if it says anything about his view of Reger (I think he hated Reger's op 144b Requiem -- I'm not sure where I've picked that up from.)

I found nothing in my copy of Fischer. The mammoth four volume La Grange is probably the place to look, but at over £100 a volume it's perhaps not such an appealing prospect.

calyptorhynchus · December 27, 2024, 05:36:11 PM

Has there ever been a recording of Das Lied sung in English?

I ask because it's a great favourite of mine, and I have many different recordings, but I'm trying to imagine what it would sound like in English.

André · December 27, 2024, 05:39:30 PM

A perfectly valid quest. Now I'm intrigued...

Madiel · December 28, 2024, 02:11:42 AM

The extensive Wikipedia page makes no mention of one. Though it does note someone translated the work into Cantonese.

ritter · December 28, 2024, 02:41:31 AM

Quote from: Madiel on December 28, 2024, 02:11:42 AMThe extensive Wikipedia page makes no mention of one. Though it does note someone translated the work into Cantonese.

Indeed, and it's been recorded in that language:

André · December 28, 2024, 05:41:21 AM

Quote from: ritter on December 28, 2024, 02:41:31 AMIndeed, and it's been recorded in that language:

I wonder how 'Dunkel ist das leben, ist der tod' sound in Cantonese ? 🤨

AnotherSpin · December 28, 2024, 06:06:26 AM

Quote from: André on December 28, 2024, 05:41:21 AMI wonder how 'Dunkel ist das leben, ist der tod' sound in Cantonese ? 🤨

AI gives the following translation:

人生是黑暗的，死亡也是黑暗的

(Yàn sāng si hak ngaam dīk, sìh wòhng yáuh si hak ngaam dīk.)

lordlance · January 05, 2025, 08:30:55 PM

New Boulez performance uploaded on YouTube -

LKB · January 07, 2025, 02:02:10 AM

My first rehearsal for the Resurrection took place last night.

I sang reasonably well, and the chorus is already showing signs of its potential. If no disaster befalls us, I think we have a good shot at delivering a worthy effort for the performance.

relm1 · January 07, 2025, 05:23:24 AM

Quote from: LKB on January 07, 2025, 02:02:10 AMMy first rehearsal for the Resurrection took place last night.

I sang reasonably well, and the chorus is already showing signs of its potential. If no disaster befalls us, I think we have a good shot at delivering a worthy effort for the performance.

Was the orchestra present or not yet?

Roasted Swan · January 07, 2025, 08:15:14 AM

Quote from: relm1 on January 07, 2025, 05:23:24 AMWas the orchestra present or not yet?

Surely not!

LKB · January 07, 2025, 09:33:30 AM

Quote from: Roasted Swan on January 07, 2025, 08:15:14 AMSurely not!

The concert is over a month away, so we won't be with the orchestra for at least a few weeks.

André · January 07, 2025, 04:19:24 PM

Quote from: lordlance on January 05, 2025, 08:30:55 PMNew Boulez performance uploaded on YouTube -

Oh my ! I'll keep my thoughts for myself (for once)...😇

Valentino · January 16, 2025, 04:35:30 AM

I'm going to see M3 in the cinema next Saturday.

Atmos. Bergen Philharmonic under Gardner, from Festspillene i Bergen 2023.

brewski · January 16, 2025, 04:47:07 AM

Quote from: Valentino on January 16, 2025, 04:35:30 AMI'm going to see M3 in the cinema next Saturday. Atmos. Bergen Philharmonic under Gardner, from Festspillene i Bergen 2023.

How cool! Especially to see it on the big screen.

And I didn't realize that Bergen does streaming. The next one is in about 5 hours, with Strauss, Beethoven, and Rachmaninov, which I'm going to try to watch. (Work may disrupt that plan.)

So thank you for putting yet another source of live concerts on the radar!