Concertgebouw241 Videos
Contemplating life and death – Documentary 9 – Mahler Festival Online
In his Ninth Symphony Mahler seems to take us through all the stages of mourning: denial and disbelief, anger, negotiating, grief and – finally – resignation in one of the most impressive adagio’s he wrote. Mahler scholar Anna Stoll Knecht: “Mahler’s music has this amazing dimension of alway wanting to go upwards. So it’s never […]
The force of the eternal feminine – Documentary 8 – Mahler Festival Online
Mahler immersed himself into the forces of creation, that from which we come from and return in the end. The ever-striving human being is redeemed by the all-embracing hands of the eternal mother. Soprano Jessye Norman: ‘I believe someone saved Einstein’s brain, I wish we saved Mahler’s brain so we could see what was going […]
Thomas Oliemans & Hans Eijsackers – Empty Concertgebouw Sessions – Mahler Festival Online
Thomas Oliemans & Hans Eijsackers perform a selection of songs from Mahlers ‘Liedern und Gesänge’, ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’ and ‘Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen’. This video is part of Mahler Festival Online. The Empty Concertgebouw Sessions are made possible by American Express source
How the night gives birth to the day – Documentary 7 – Mahler Festival Online
The Seventh is the enigma of Mahler’s symphonies. Almost every work he makes references to his own life, or that of a symphonic hero. But the Seventh still … source