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| Composer | Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Vocal |
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Mahler’s dark and brutal Das klagende Lied in Sydney
As the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall closes for extensive refurbishment, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performs early, massive Mahler under Simone Young.
Private and public grief: Shostakovich and Mahler in Liverpool
On a balmy evening in Liverpool, Vasily Petrenko led the RLPO in two works that explored differenet apsects of lamentation, preceded by a Straussian toboggan ride.
Prom 32: Gardner serves up near-perfect Brahms and Mahler
Prom 32 featured two works written in the same year, 1878, by composers who worked mainly in the same city, Vienna. Brahms was an established composer when he wrote his Violin Concerto for his virtuoso friend Joseph Joachim, while Mahler was just 17 when he started writing Das klagende Lied for a competition (the version played tonight was completed in 1880).