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Melancholy and resignation: a moving Das Lied von der Erde in San Francisco

By Mayumi Wardrop, 08 April 2016
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Reviewed at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco on 6 April 2016
Programme
Schubert, Symphony no. 8 in B minor "Unfinished", D.759
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde
Performers
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano
Simon O'Neill, Tenor
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Mayumi Wardrop
Mayumi Wardrop
Mayumi holds a Masters degree in Clinical Audiology, but her real interest and passion is Western art music history and musicology. She is a violinist and part-time student of French and Music, while also being a full-time mother to two boys. She is based in San Mateo, California.