Das Lied von der Erde

With Gustav Mahler’s DAS LIED VON DER ERDE, the French scenographer and director Philippe Quesne takes a look at the future of our planet. He mirrors his reflections on the Anthropocene (the era in which our planet must bear the consequences of human activity) on Mahler’s glorious, six-part song cycle. The result is powerful staging, a visual and visionary update of Mahler’s melancholy descriptions of nature. In the most extensive and final part of the cycle, Der Abschied, Quesne even finds the starting point for new utopias.

HERMESensemble performs DAS LIED VON DER ERDE in the arrangement for chamber orchestra by Reinbert de Leeuw. Their arrangement, in which Mahler’s musical lines and details sound out more sharply and intensely than ever before, is a masterpiece in itself. Moreover, in the context of Quesne’s future scenarios, the abrasive tones sound like a resistance against the threatened mass-extinction.

                                                      
                                      conductor                                  
                                  
                                  Martijn Dendievel                               
                                                          
                                      director                                  
                                  
                                  Philippe Quesne                              
                                                          
                                      singers                                  
                                  
                                  Martijn DendieMichael Pflumm (tenor), Christina Daletska (mezzosoprano)                              
                                                          
                                      orchestra                                  
                                  
                                  Karin de Fleyt, Peter Merckx, Arie Van der Beek, Rémy Roux, Bart Cypers, Geert Callaert, Bart Rodyns, Wim Pelgrims, Titus Franken, Antoine Maisonhaute, Pieter Jansen, Marc Tooten, Stijn Saveniers, Jan Buysschaert                              
                                                          
                                      production                                  
                                  
                                  HERMESensemble & De Singel in coproduction with Het Laatste Bedrijf                              
                                                          
                                      with the support of                                  
                                  
                                  Gallop Tax Shelter

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