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Das Lied von der Erde ::: KLARAFESTIVAL / BOZAR MUSIC Brussels (B) 17.03.2021

Das Lied von der Erde ::: Fondation Royaumont (F) 13.09.2020

Das Lied von der Erde ::: Festival de Saintes (F) 14.07.2019

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The summer of 2019, Het Collectief was invited once again at the Saintes festival. On the programme: Gustav Mahler"s 'Ds Lied von der Erde', in a version for ensemble composed by Reinbert de Leeuw, who conducted the performance himself. This cycle of songs, which could also be labelled 'symphony', is based on 'Die chinesische Flöte' (The Chinese Flute), a series of Chinese poems about nature and life. For Mahler, this work means a point of no return: the tragic death of his four-year-old daughter and the diagnosis of his own heart disorder left the composer in a depressed mood. Accordingly, the work appears to express Mahler's personal farewell from life.

2020 will undoubtedly go down in history as that maligned year in which a tiny virus turned the world upside down. Still, this very same year a previous event was so overwhelming for each of us that it will eventually blur the corona crisis. Reinbert de Leeuw's death in mid-February ended a particularly intense nine-year collaboration between him and us. With the recording last January of Reinbert's version for ensemble of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, we helped him fulfil his last wish. In September this recording was released in Amsterdam and at Fondation Royaumont. The Belgian première was in Brussels on 17 March 2021 for KLARAFESTIVAL - BOZAR MUSIC at La Monnaie.

You can discover this live concert on PODIUM 19. 

We have received more than 35 international CD reviews. Discover them all here below.

 

14.09.2019                      Festival de Saintes (F) - Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor
29-30.12 & 02.01.2020   Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam (NL) - recording sessions - Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor
11.09.2020                      Muziekgebouw 't IJ Amsterdam (NL) - Gregor Mayrhofer, conductor
13.09.2020                      Fondation Royaumont (F) - Gregor Mayrhofer, conductor
18.09.2020                      CD release Alpha Classics
17.03.2021                      KLARAFESTIVAL / BOZAR Brussels (B) - Gregor Mayrhofer, conductor
27.02.2022                      TivoliVredenburg Utrecht (NL) - Gregor Mayrhofer, conductor

Reinbert de Leeuw / Gregor Mayrhofer, conductor 
Lucile Richardot, mezzo soprano
Yves Saelens, tenor 

Het Collectief

Thomas Dieltjens, piano
Dirk Luijmes, harmonium
Wibert Aerts, violin
Liesbeth Baelus, violin
Veronika Lenartova / Paul De Clerck, alto
Martijn Vink, cello
Jonathan Focquaert / David Jay Murray, double bass
Piet Van Bockstal, hobo & English horn
Toon Fret, flute & piccolo
Julien Hervé / Bruno Bonansea, clarinet
Nele Delafonteyne, (bass)clarinet
Pieter Nuytten, (double) bassoon
Bruce Richards / Eliz Erkalp, French horn
Tom De Cock / Miguel Sanchez Cobo, percussion
Astrid Haring, harpe

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    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (arr. T. Mulleman) (1894) #
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    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (arr. T. Mulleman) (1894) #
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    Piano Sonata opus 1 (arr. T. Mulleman) (1910) #
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    Piano Sonata opus 1 (arr. T. Mulleman) (1910) #
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    Chamber Symphony Opus 9 (arr. A. Webern) (1906) #
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    Das Lied von der Erde (arr. R. de Leeuw) (1909) #
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    Das Lied von der Erde (arr. R. de Leeuw) (1909) #
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Press
::: concert review Festival de Saintes 14.07.2019 ::: Forum Opéra 07/2019
::: concert review Festival de Saintes 14.07.2019 ::: DIAPASON 07/2019
::: concert review Festival de Saintes 14.07.2019 ::: Musikzen 07/2019
::: concert review Festival de Saintes 14.07.2019 ::: Olyrix 07/2019
::: text Thomas Dieltjens CD booklet
::: concert review Fondation Royaumont 13.09.2020 ::: Olyrix 09/2020
::: concert review Fondation Royaumont 13.09.2020 ::: Classique c'est cool 09/2020
::: concert review Fondation Royaumont 13.09.2020 ::: con Spirito 09/2020
::: CD review ::: Concerto Net 08/2020
::: CD review ::: NRC Handelsblad 09/2020
::: CD review ::: deStandaard 09/2020
::: CD review ::: The Times 09/2020
::: CD review ::: Concerti 09/2020
::: CD review ::: L'Echo 09/2020
::: CD review ::: The Sunday Times 09/2020
::: CD review ::: La Libre Belgique 09/2020
::: CD review ::: Musikzen 09/2020
::: CD review ::: Pizzicato 09/2020
::: CD review ::: Presto Music 10/2020
::: CD review ::: Opus Klassiek 10/2020
::: CD review ::: Opéra Critiques 10/2020
::: CD review ::: Gramophone 10/2020
::: CD review ::: De Volkskrant 10/2020
::: CD recensie ::: BBC Sounds Radio 10/2020 - starts from 1:40:33
::: CD review ::: MusicWeb International 10/2020
::: CD review ::: Kulturtipp (CH) 10/2020
::: CD review ::: Le Devoir 10/2020
::: CD review ::: Cultuurpakt 10/2020
::: CD review ::: Société Gustav Mahler France 10/2020
::: CD review ::: The Whole Note Current (page 33) 10/2020
::: CD review ::: DIAPASON 11/2020
::: CD review ::: Forum Opéra 11/2020
::: CD review ::: Classica 11/2020
::: CD review ::: Les Baricades mysterieuses 11/2020
::: CD review ::: www.variazionigoldberg.it 12/2020
::: CD review ::: www.deutschlandfunk.de 12/2020
::: CD review ::: LUISTER 12/2020
::: CD review ::: Opéra Magazine France 11/2020
::: CD review ::: Rondo Magazin 12/2020
::: selection quotes CD reviews
::: CD review ::: NRC Handelsblad 12/2020
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