Young composers and Gustav Mahler in Dobbiaco
At the concert on 25 July 2023, as a joint project of the Gustav Mahler Research Center and the EUREGIO Kulturzentrum Gustav Mahler, seven students from various universities in the Alpine region presented new pieces, each one based on a movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3, with two contrasting compositions assigned to the 4th movement of the symphony. "In a way, the resulting concerto is a running commentary on Mahler's work," says Stefan Hakenberg in the programme booklet.
The representative of the Hans Werner Henze Foundation was part of a jury that had to choose the most outstanding of the new pieces, which was no easy task given the originality and quality of the works presented.
Concert programme
Concert programme
Haruki Noda
Oh Lea
for violin, violoncello, double bass, alto saxophone, flugelhorn, euphonium, tuba, percussion, guitar, accordion and electronics
Bernhard Plechinger
verwundbar
for mezzo-soprano, violin, violoncello, double bass, flute, alto saxophone, 2 flugelhorns, 2 euphoniums, tuba, percussion, guitar and accordion
Anna Dobrucka
What the Animals Tell Me
for violin, double bass, flute, flugelhorn, tuba, percussion and guitar
Giuseppe Gammino
Almas Traum
for mezzo-soprano, flute, soprano and alto saxophone, percussion and accordion
Sharleen Revia
Apa yang Kau Kejar? (What do you want to achieve?)
for mezzo-soprano, two children, violoncello and percussion
Ramsey Sadaka
Bells through the Clouds
Composition in four movements
for violin, violoncello, double bass, flute, soprano saxophone, euphonium, tuba, guitar and accordion
Sebastiano Beozzo und Leonardo Castellani
Nature, the Gentlest Mother
for mezzo-soprano, violoncello, alto flute and electronics
Performers:
El Cimarrón-Ensemble
Die Blechzinnen
Mezzo-soprano KS Frances Pappas
Conductor Clemens Heil
