MAHLER FESTIVAL: Chamber Orchestra Concert

Program:
All works by Gustav Mahler: “In Spring”
“I walked with joy through a green forest”
“I walked this morning across the field” (from Songs of a Wayfarer)

“Hans and Grethe”
Scherzo from Symphony No. 1

“Relief in Summer” (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Scherzo from Symphony No. 3 (3rd movement)

Night Music I from Symphony No. 7 (2nd movement)

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“Blumine” from Symphony No. 1 (first version)
“The Farewell” from Das Lied von der Erde

Mahler believed that nature holds the key to the depths of life. He once summarized this by saying: “Thus, I may be given the title: ‘Singer of Nature’” and describes himself as an artist inspired by the sacred life, gaining insights from it. Notably, the second and third movements of the Third Symphony are titled “What the Flowers on the Meadow Tell Me” and “What the Animals in the Forest Tell Me” – a clear declaration of the composer’s close relationship with nature.
10th Gustav Mahler Festival in Steinbach am Attersee: The 3rd Symphony
The Gustav Mahler Festival 2026 in Steinbach am Attersee will take place from June 21 to June 28, 2026, focusing on the composer’s third symphony.
More information: www.mahler.steinbach.at