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Belgian National Orchestra & Collegium Vocale Gent

Mahler & Van Parys

orchestral
vocal
Fri 09 Nov 2018 -20.00
introduction by Mark Delaere 19.15
start 20.00
expected end time 22.30
with break
All prices include booking fees.

In Flanders fields, Mahler’s funeral march meets a contemporary requiem

No non-committal aural pleasure, but music with a mission. That was what Mahler had in mind when he started his Fifth Symphony. The same can be said of Annelies Van Parys. Using the words of theatre maker Dea Loher, Van Parys gives voice to the horror of war. From suffering to love, and back again: these extremes also meet in Mahler's Fifth. Its chilling funeral march reaches out to its famous Adagietto, a sublime love letter to Mahler's new bride Alma.

programme

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony no.5

Annelies Van Parys (1975)
A War Requiem, to a text by Dea Loher (world premiere)

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony no.5

Annelies Van Parys (1975)
A War Requiem, to a text by Dea Loher (worl

performers

Belgian National Orchestra: orchestra
Collegium Vocale Gent: choir
Hugh Wolff: conductor
Sophie Karthäuser: soprano
Thomas Bauer: baritone

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Belgian National Orchestra: orchestra
Collegium Vocale Gent: choir
Hugh Wolff: conductor
Sophie Karthäuser: so

Fri 09 Nov 2018 -20.00
introduction by Mark Delaere 19.15
start 20.00
expected end time 22.30
with break
All prices include booking fees.