50th Anniversary Celebration Gala Concert

MOSTLY MAHLER

Sunday, May 1st at 5:00 PM
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Evelyn Lear, narrator
Colleen Daly, soprano
Karen Foster, soprano
Othalie Graham, soprano
Shannon Magee, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Roderer, mezzo-soprano
Jeffrey Springer, tenor
Bryan Jackson, baritone
Jose Sacin, baritone
Nathan Bahny, bass
Pawel Izdebski, bass
Children from the Washington National Cathedral, Michael McCarthy, Director
Vocal Soloists provided by the Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart Emerging Singers Program from the Wagner Society of Washington DC.

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 – Veni Creator Spiritus
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder No. 3, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 – Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck “Bimm Bamm”
Weber: Die drei Pintos: Act III Finale (Mahler completion)
Mahler: Das Klagende Lied – First movement Waldmärchen “Forest Legend” (Original 1879 version)
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” Finale

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Washington Chorus and marking the major Mahler anniversary years – 150th year of his birth in 2010 and 100th year since his death in 2011.
With a cast of stellar soloists, huge orchestra and chorus, this concert will be the choral event of the Washington season. From the sublime Rückert-Lieder No. 3, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen for 16-part a cappella chorus, to the semi-staged Act III of Die drei Pintos, PLUS the choral gems from Mahler’s Symphonies No. 8 (“Symphony of a Thousand”), No. 3 (“Bimm Bamm”), and the glorious finale to No. 2 (“Resurrection”) – this performance will raise the roof of the Kennedy Center Concert Hall!

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