Chamber Concerts

Kara Guggenmos, soprano
Jennifer DeDomenici, mezzo soprano
Jason Baldwin, tenor
Patrick Mason, baritone
Luiz Ballestero, piano

Wednesday January 8, 2003   7:30 PM
Boulder Library Auditorium (9th and Canyon)

Friday January 10, 2003   7:30 PM
Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts (200 E. Baseline Rd, Lafayette)

The Symphony No. 6 is often called the "Tragic." A more suitable name is perhaps "The Alma Symphony," as Mahler specifically designated a theme in the first movement as "The Alma Theme" (or this is what Alma wrote herself), and this is his first symphony completed in full after their marriage. Consequently, the theme of the MahlerFest XVI Chamber/Lieder concerts will be "Alma."

Program

From Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Gustav Mahler From Lieder, Op. 2 - Alexander Zemlinsky

Final scene from the opera, Der Zwerg - Alexander Zemlinsky

The two chamber concerts will be dedicated to the memory of our beloved pianist, Terese (Terrie) Stewart, who in April succumbed to her third onslaught of breast cancer. Terrie established in her will a scholarship fund at CU College of Music for young pianists and MahlerFest will support this fund by selling three CDs of Terrie's Lieder recitals drawn from the MahlerFest chamber concerts in which she participated. In addition to a deeply moving rendition of Winterreise, her outstanding valedictory performance with Patrick Mason, there will be one CD of Mahler songs, and one CD of songs by others. Details will soon be on the CD order page on this site.


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