Patricia Alessandrini - Canto d’Alma (2018/2020)

for soprano, chamber ensemble, and electronics

(inspired by Alma Mahler’s fünf Lieder)

Ariadne Greif, soprano

Semi-staged songs by Alma Mahler arranged for narrator, voice and piano

interspersed with texts from letters written by Gustav Mahler:

Laue Sommernacht

Ansturm

Ich wandle unter Blumen

Ekstase

Ariadne Greif, voice & Piers Playfair, narrator

Gustav Mahler - Purgatorio and Scherzo: Nicht zu schnell from Symphony no. 10

Completed by Michel Galante (2022) for 15 musicians

World Premiere

Sang Song - Gretel (2021) for ensemble

I. To the Little House - New York premiere

II. Vein of Shame - World premiere

III. Kindertotenmusik - New York premiere

(inspired by Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder)

Post-concert discussion with Patricia Alessandrini and Sang Song.