Program

Gustav Mahler, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)

I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht (When My Sweetheart is Married)

II. Ging heut' Morgen über's Feld (I Went This Morning over the Field)

III. Ich hab' ein glühend Messer (I Have a Gleaming Knife)

IV. Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz (The Two Blue Eyes of my Beloved)

Hugo Wolf, Schlafendes Jesuskind

Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

1. Allegro con brio

2. Adagio

3. Allegretto grazioso

4. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

Mariss Jansons conducts Mahler and Dvořák — With Thomas Hampson

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Cast

Thomas Hampson — Baritone

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Mariss Jansons — Conductor

Program notes

For the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Christmas concert, the great baritone Thomas Hampson and Mariss Jansons, Music Director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since 2004, got together on stage to perform works by Mahler and Dvořák.

The Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen are a cycle of four songs with orchestra accompaniment that are strongly marked by the young Mahler's experience of love with the singer Johanna Richter in 1884. In it, the composer photographs four moments of wandering with her.

In 1890, Antonin Dvořák composed his Symphony No. 8. The alternation between major and minor, which was very popular with the Czech composer, and the key of G major, make a singular romantic symphony.

A closer look: featured composers

Gustav Mahler

Antonín Dvořák

Further listening: featured works

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)

Gustav Mahler (Composer)

Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

Antonín Dvořák (Composer)