Tonight we play our Symphonic Enlightenment programme at the Royal Festival Hall - a late romantic programme of Wagner, Mahler and Liszt with 90 players on stage. For us, a huge undertaking. Parts of the programme had their first airing on Wednesday at our (Sold out) Night Shift, but tonight will be the first time that Sarah Connolly joins us to sing Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (well, not quite first, we have obviously rehearsed it!). We caught up with her earlier this week to ask her about the piece:
(Click through to YouTube to watch in HD)
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January 21, 2011 at 2:48 pm
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January 23, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Mk
What a wonderful concert! It was spell-binding. I first saw the OAE in Idomeneo and have never forgotten it. I have to say, standards have not dropped. Plus this amazing video. Thank you so much.