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request more infoA PCE Immersion Experience
Tues, Apr 28, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Concert and Playlet:A Mahler Portrait
featuring:baritone Christòpheren Nomuraactors Sasha Olinick and Laura C. Harris
CHRISTOPHEREN NOMURA
A multimedia program featuring PCE and baritone Christòpheren Nomura in “Songs of a Wayfarer” and the “Abschied” from “The Song of the Earth,” plus a playlet about the marriage of Gustav and Alma Mahler, featuring Sasha Olinick and Laura C. Harris.
A composer’s music will always bear some relationship to his personal life. Mahler furnishes and exceptional case study. How did Mahler’s anguished marginality, and his controversial marriage, infiltrate his music?
This comprises two musical selections with a 25-minute PLAYLET in between.
LAURA C. HARRIS
SASHA OLINICK
The PLAYLET was created by PCE Executive Director Joe Horowitz and premiered on the West Coast. It uses letters and diary entries to tell the story of a controversial and nearly disastrous marriage. Gustav was 42, Alma 23, when they married in 1902. He imposed unreasonable restrictions. Then she fell in love with Walter Gropius and the restrictions collapsed. This story narrates Mahler’s tumultuous personal odyssey, mirrored directly in his music. This presentation will incorporate photographs of the Mahlers.
The MUSIC juxtaposes early Mahler – “The Songs of a Wayfarer” – with late Mahler – the “Farewell” from “The Song of the Earth.” Both sung by baritone Chris Nomura (a Mahler specialist) with PCE conducted by Angel Gil-Ordonez.
This event will last 90 minutes with no intermission, followed by discussion with the audience.
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Tuesday, April 21, 7:30pm
Interplay: “Who Was Gustav Mahler?”
LURA JOHNSON
A lecture/recital by baritone Christòpheren Nomura with pianist Lura Johnson, and presentations (with live and recorded music) on Mahler in New York and Mahler & “Jewishness” by James Loeffler and Joe Horowitz, host, with eminent Viennese historian Christian Glanz (University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna)
Free Admission.
Free street parking is Available.
