The Song of the Earth by Gustav Mahler

The Song of the Earth by Gustav Mahler

The Song of the Earth is one of the last works that Mahler wrote. Soloists: Jonathan Yarrington, tenor and Myka Murphy, mezzo-soprano

By Natchez Festival of Music

Date and time

Starts on Thursday, May 16 · 7pm CDT

Location

Trinity Episcopal Church

305 S. Commerce St Natchez, MS 39120

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About this event

  • 2 hours

Gustav Mahler is considered by many to be the premier composer in the history of symphonic music. He followed Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, and was a contemporary of both Brahms and Strauss. That list of composers surpasses all others in terms of their historical contributions to symphonic music. However, Mahler, whose music reached a level of profundity that has seldom been reached, was able to reach new symphonic heights.

The Song of the Earth is one of the last works that Mahler wrote. In fact, he never heard it performed; it premiered six months after his death. It is really his ninth symphony, but Mahler, being superstitious about dying after the completion of his ninth symphony, simply called it a “Song Symphony.” Arnold Schoenberg, another giant among classical composers, was a friend of Mahler’s and after World War I produced a reduced version of this work. This is the version that will be performed at this festival. The Song of the Earth has never been performed in Mississippi.

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Natchez Festival of Music

April/May 2023

The official Natchez Festival of Music kicks off on Saturday, April 29 with one of the world’s most famous musical stage productions, Die Fledermaus (Or…The Bat Gets Even!). The festival then continues with three performances per week until May 20. These performances are An Evening with Ella Fitzgerald starring Katrina Cox on May 2, The Glorious Sounds of Brass featuring the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet on May 4, Spectacular, Spectacular, a Broadway Musical Revue on May 6, The Chip Herrington Jazz 5 on May 9, Rossini, Puccini, and Martinis on May 11, La Divina, a centennial celebration recital of Maria Callas on May 13, The Magical Jazz Guitar of Barry Leach on May 16, Timeless Virtuosity featuring the Russian-American piano virtuoso, Konstantin Soukhovetski on May 18, and finally, on May 20 the festival presents The Hot, Sizzling Musical World of Bill Summers starring the world-renowned Bill Summers and the New Orleans Allstars.

Each year we present a truly kaleidoscopic musical season, and this year promises to be one of the best and most inclusive music festivals that our state has ever seen!