Patricia Nolz, Mezzosoprano
Malcolm Martineau, Piano

Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben op. 42
and Lieder by Hugo Wolf, Alexander Zemlinsky and Robert Schumann

Franz Schubert: Die Winterreise, D 911, op 89

Julian Prégardien (Tenor)
Els Biesemans (Piano)

Franz Schubert: Die Winterreise, D 911, op 89

Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Daniel Heide, Klavier

Béla Bartók: Herzog Blaubarts Burg
Francis Poulenc: La voix humaine

Florian Boesch, Herzog Blaubart
Christel Loetzsch, Judith
Barbara Hannigan, La Femme

Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Martin Rajna, Musical Direction
Claus Guth, Stage Director
Monika Pormale, Stage
Anna Sofie Tuma, Costumes
Michael Bauer, Light
Yvonne Gebauer, Dramaturge

Gustav Mahler: ‘Das Lied von der Erde’, arrangement by Arnold Schönberg

Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence, tenor
Musicians of the Budapest Festival Orchestra
Giuseppe Mentuccia, conductor

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Paulus

Marie-Sophie Pollak, Soprano
Ulrike Malotta, Alt
Werner Güra, Tenor
Krešimir Stražanac, Bass

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Audi Jugendchorakademie
Martin Steidler, Musical Direction

Gustav Mahler: ‘Das Lied von der Erde’, arrangement by Arnold Schönberg

Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence, tenor
Musicians of the Budapest Festival Orchestra
Giuseppe Mentuccia, conductor

Olga Bezsmertna, soprano
Adrian Eröd, baritone
Matthias Goerne, bass
Andrzej Seweryn, Narrator/Evangelist

Basem Akiki, conductor
Barbara Wiśniewska, director
Marcin Cecko, dramaturgy
Magdalena Musiał, set designer
Emil Wysocki, costume designer
Bartek Macias, multimedia

Sinfonia Varsovia
Polski Chór Kameralny Schola Cantorum Gedanensis
Chór Filharmonii Łódzkiej
Media Choir
Chór dziecięcy Ogólnokształcącej Szkoły Muzycznej im. F. Nowowiejskiego w Gdańsku

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias, op. 70

Marie-Sophie Pollak, Soprano
Ulrike Malotta, Alto
Werner Güra, Tenor
Krešimir Stražanac, Bass

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Audi Jugendchorakademie
Martin Steidler, Musical Direction

N.N., Soprano I
Simone Schneider, Soprano II
Natasha Te Rupe Wilson, Soprano III
Stine Marie Fischer, Alto I
Maria Theresa Ullrich, Alto II
Benjamin Bruns, Tenor
Johannes Kammler, Baritone
David Steffens, Bass

Cornelius Meister, Conductor
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Staatsopernchor & Kinderchor Stuttgart
Manuel Pujol, Rehearsal master Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Bernhard Moncado, Rehearsal master Kinderchor

With Gustav Mahler's monumental Eighth Symphony, Cornelius Meister and the State Orchestra continue their Mahler cycle and, together with eight vocal soloists, the children's choir and the State Opera Choir, bring the symphony concert series to a crowning conclusion. Shortly after completing the score, Mahler said in 1907: "The symphony must be like the world. It must encompass everything". This central credo for Mahler is reflected in the variety of forms and musical characters of his Eighth Symphony. Baroque fugue techniques can be found in it as well as a tonal language influenced by Richard Wagner. The first and only two performances during his lifetime were Mahler's greatest triumph. After the premiere in 1910, Thomas Mann commented that Mahler embodied "the most serious and sacred artistic will of our time".