New Worlds Lucerne
PROGRAMME
- F. BUSONI Berceuse Élégiaque
- G. MAHLER Seven Early Songs (from the collection Lieder und Gesänge), transcr. Eberhard Kloke for soprano and orchestra
- A. DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 From the New World
- Antonello Manacorda conductor
- Anna Prohaska soprano
ABOUT THIS CONCERT
Gustav Mahler's Seven Early Songs are influenced by the Wunderhorn theme to which he returned in his symphonies No.1 to 4. The title alludes to Alban Berg's song collection of the same name, which was composed at the same time as Mahler's Wunderhorn material in his early symphonies. The version to be performed in Lucerne is a recent transcription by German composer and conductor Eberhard Kloke, "as a composed interpretation", dedicated to the soloist of this evening Anna Prohaska.
- Antonín Dvořák's Symphony from the New World, is an all-time favourite with audiences worldwide. When premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1893 with the New York Symphony Orchestra, it was an immediate success and quickly became the composer's most popular work. Lucerne regulars may remember the MCO performing Dvořák's No.9 at the KKL under the baton of the orchestra's Conductor Laureate Daniel Harding ten years ago, in 2014.
We will open the evening with Ferruccio Busoni’s Berceuse élégiaque. Having originally written this piece for solo piano, Busoni later adapted it for orchestra and premiered this version in New York City in a concert conducted by Gustav Mahler in 1911. This concerts marks Antonello Manacorda's Lucerne Festival debut as a conductor.
Photo: (c) Marco Borggreve
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