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A love song by Gustav Mahler is at the center of this probing new work by eminent pianist and composer Marc Neikrug. Liebst du um Schönheit (“If You Love for the Sake of Beauty”), from Mahler’s Rückert Lieder, is “a key element to the drama,” Neikrug says, and, as it “embodies the message of love as an aspiration, a self-embodied posture, and a state of being,” it speaks to the emotional core of the work as well. A Song by Mahler centers on the changing realities of two characters: a concertizing singer who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s and her husband, who is also her accompanist. This work of music theater is “an attempt to address the specific emotional evolution of this couple, touching on their love and their particular relationship to music” Neikrug says. “It is not an attempt at documenting the myriad aspects of the disease.”

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A Song by Mahler

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Join us for a truly unforgettable musical experience. As you listen to the beautiful voices soar across the vineyard,
you’ll be transported to a world of music and magic.

Ryan Bradford

Baritone

Events

May 15, 2024

A Song by Mahler · Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Jun 23 - Aug 18, 2024

Opera in the Vineyard · Livermore Valley Opera

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