Performer: Elisabeth Kulman

Earth Day: Beethoven and Mahler from Budapest

A program of Beethoven and Mahler from the Budapest Festival Orchestra celebrated the beauty and terror of the natural world.

****1

Sultry Berg and and a lithe, forceful Beethoven Nine herald an exciting new reign in Berlin.

*****

Even in a flawed performance, The Song of the Earth fills the hearer with its life-affirming carpe diem message.

***11

On demand from Die Residenz: Herkulessaal, Munich, No time limit

Beethoven: Mass in D major, “Missa solemnis”, Op.123

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink; Genia Kühmeier; Elisabeth Kulman; Mark Padmore; Hanno Müller-Brachmann