Salonen’s Mahler at Carnegie Hall

By Edward Sava-Segal, 03 June 2017

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 31 May 2017

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Mahler, Das Knaben Wunderhorn: Trost im Unglück

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Das irdische Leben

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lied des Verfolgten im Turm

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lob des hohen Verstandes

Mahler, Symphony no. 1 in D major "Titan"

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Susan Graham, Mezzo-soprano

Matthew Polenzani, Tenor

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Salonen’s Mahler at Carnegie Hall: transparent, direct, with no pathos