MAIN SEASON | FEBRUARY
M AH L ER Rückert Lieder
[18’]
Symphony No. 10 (Cooke version)
FRIDAY 8 FEBRUARY National Concert Hall
[72’]
CELINE BYRNE SOPRANO STEFAN BLUNIER CONDUCTOR
AFFAIRS OF THE 7pm: SOUNDINGS IN CONVERSATION RTÉ lyric fm’s Paul Herriott with Stefan Blunier
8pm: CONCERT Ends: 10pm approx. TICKETS FROM €10 See p. 64
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M AH L ER
HEART
STRADDLING THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, MAHLER’S MUSIC EXPLORED THE AFFAIRS OF THE HEART WITH A PASSIONATE INTENSITY that takes the introspective and deeply felt to expansive and expressive ends. Shot through with dark emotions, sweet-scented melodies and sylvan beauty, the sublime Rückert Lieder are exquisitely inspired by the immediacy of nature and the intimacy of love. Moving from bleakest terror to luminous, transcendent peace, the monumental Tenth Symphony was his mighty leave-taking of the world and surely one of the greatest love letters ever written.