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Andreas Conducts Mahler
Details
ANDREAS CONDUCTS MAHLER
Who’s Who
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Location
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Pre-concert talk with Maestro Delfs and Julia Figueras will start 1 hour before the show.
The Program
GRIEG Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
What to know before you go
Music Director Andreas Delfs conducts Gustav Mahler’s savage and sublime Fifth Symphony, famed for its heart-wrenching “Adagietto”. And Limelight reports that Michelle DeYoung’s “voice moved across the range with languid flexibility.” Hear her perform Mahler’s folk-poetry influenced Songs of a Wayfarer.
RPO History
Your RPO has never performed Grieg’s Wedding Day at Troldhaugen in a Philharmonics Series concert (2023 premiere!).
Your RPO has performed Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer in a Philharmonics Series concert three times from 1952-1979.
- Erich Leinsdorf conducted the Rochester premiere Febuary 14, 1952 with Mack Harrell, baritone
- Laszlo Somogyi conducted March 1965 with Maureen Forrester, soprano
- Gaetano Delogu conduted December 1979 with Jan De Gaetani, soprano
Your RPO has performed Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in a Philharmonics Series concert seven times from 1967 to 2017.
- Laszlo Somogyi conducted the Rochester premiere April 6, 1967
- David Zinman conducted October 1978
- Peter Bay conducted May 1995
- Christopher Seaman conducted May 2002
