Webern Im Sommerwind
Schoenberg Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

Sir Mark Elder conductor
Lilli Paasikivi mezzo soprano
Paul Groves tenor



Surrounding Schoenberg’s demonstrations of condensed orchestral effect, his Five Orchestral Pieces, come two examples of musical Romanticism in its last throes in the first decade of the 20th century: the gentle, undulating beauty of Webern’s Im Sommerwind and Gustav Mahler’s culminating synthesis of song and symphony, Das Lied von der Erde. Here is Mahler’s most profound musical exploration of what life means – a piece whose concurrent darkness and radiance changed the parameters of vocal and orchestral expression forever and placed a full stop on the most remarkable compositional career of the age.

Generously supported by Barrie and Emmanuel Roman.

Free pre-concert performance | 6.00pm–6.45pm | Royal Festival Hall
The culmination of our New Horizons GCSE composition project. Students from Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth will perform their own compositions alongside LPO musicians, based on Schoenberg’s Peripetie.
Supported by Sir William Boreman's Foundation

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Webern: Im Sommerwind
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 - I. (Premonitions)
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 - IV. (Peripeteia)
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) - I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (The Drinking Song of Earth's Misery)
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) - II. Der Einsame im Herbst (The Lonely One in Autumn)
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) - III. Von der Jugend (Of Youth)


This concert will be broadcast live by BBC Radio 3



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