Concert - Mahler's Song of the Night

Simon will sing a selection of songs by Mahler with the Cleveland Orchestra at two concerts in October 2023.

From the Cleveland Orchestra website:

"Simon Keenlyside is one of the world’s most sought-after and charismatic singers, noted for his versatility and highly charged performances on stage. He joins music director Franz Welser-Möst for an evening of Mahler, featuring the moody, enigmatic Seventh symphony, sometimes called Song of the Night."

Programme

Mahler

“Frühlingsmorgen” from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit (orch. Berio)
“Ablösung im Sommer” from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (orch. Berio)
“Revelge” from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
“Urlicht” from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
“Rheinlegendchen” from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
“Hans und Grethe” from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit (orch. Berio)

Interval

Mahler

Symphony No. 7

Our thanks to the photographer, Patti Lynn Miller, for the curtain call photos from the 13 October performance in the gallery below.

SOUNDBITES

"...Baritone Sir Simon Keenlyside was without question a choice interpreter, giving these songs a deeply expressive reading, speaking directly to the audience with penetrating communication...For those accustomed to Urlicht as sung by an alto in its appropriation by the Second Symphony, Keenlyside’s baritone took it into a darker realm, answered by the solemnity of the brass chorale. Even amidst the coquettishness of Rheinlegendchen, Keenlyside drew a wide expressive range, and Hans und Grete – Mahler’s earliest published song – was filled with yearning, a theme that would wander through much of the composer’s output in the years to come..."