"The gentle fragrance of love": Mahler's Rückert-Lieder
From among three choices, the members of the Seattle Philharmonic voted to close our season with Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, in its most famous orchestration by Maurice Ravel. These resplendent symphonic canvases will share the bill with three short works by Nicole Buetti — one for strings, one for winds and brass, and one for the entire orchestra spotlighting the percussion. Soprano Stacey Mastrian makes a welcome return engagement to our stage in the most exquisite and intimate of Gustav Mahler’s song cycles, the achingly beautiful Rückert-Lieder.
BUETTI |
• Restless Winds
• Sforza!
• Meet the Instruments: Fanfare
MAHLER | Rückert-Lieder
Soloist | Stacey Mastrian, Soprano
MUSSORGSKY | Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
May 30th
2 pm
Benaroya Hall