{"id":10051,"date":"2020-08-20T21:30:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T20:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?post_type=product&#038;p=10051"},"modified":"2024-08-20T21:42:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T20:42:40","slug":"mahler-symphony-no-1-blumine-lieder-eines-fahrenden-gesellen-colorado-mahlerfest-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/mahler-symphony-no-1-blumine-lieder-eines-fahrenden-gesellen-colorado-mahlerfest-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahler &#8211; Symphony No. 1, Blumine, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Symphony No. 1<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>in D major<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>World Premiere<\/em>\u00a0of the new Breitkopf &amp; H\u00e4rtel Critical Edition<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Blumine<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Symphonic Fragment<br \/>\n<em>World Premiere\u00a0<\/em>of the new Breitkopf &amp; H\u00e4rtel Critical Edition<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Songs of a Wayfarer), arranged by Schoenberg<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mahlerfest.org\/about-kenneth-woods-page\/\">Kenneth Woods<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Artistic Director and Conductor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mahlerfest.org\/joshua-devane-baritone\/\">Joshua DeVane<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Baritone<\/p>\n<p>Recorded live at Macky Auditorium in Boulder, CO<br \/>\nMay 18 and 19, 2019<\/p>\n<h2><em>This album is also available as a mp3 and hifi\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradomahlerfest.bandcamp.com\/album\/mahler-symphony-no-1-blumine-wayfarer-mahlerfest-xxxii-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">digital download via Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=688776569\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coloradomahlerfest.bandcamp.com\/album\/mahler-symphony-no-1-blumine-wayfarer-mahlerfest-xxxii-2019\">Mahler &#8211; Symphony No. 1 &#8211; Blumine &#8211; Wayfarer: MahlerFest XXXII (2019) by Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra, Kenneth Woods, Josh DeVane<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The scherzo is robust yet propulsive and the trio even finer in its unforced suavity, while the funeral march never over-inflects its Klezmer elements unfolding from the ominous and ironic, via gentle repose, to a closing fatalism. Woods succeeds better than most in holding together the unwieldy finale, allowing due emotional space for the recall of initial ideas that is its sure highlight, and the ensuing apotheosis lacks nothing in blazing affirmation&#8230; this is a notable statement of intent for MahlerFest under <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1sur9pj xkrqix3 x1fey0fg xo1l8bm\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kennethwoodsconductor?__cft__[0]=AZU9U5wQpObELy3sxUkP1NMiQ_8Yn7A6F2o-jHN3aK-o-IiHbVrB3mJ_ve6k9iMATfqUZmN3WOMJsP6QybpbUwiSXiNRs2PfNJ-Uzb0NdnYb6r44cYqwZIolW3UtDm3EArtI0lPgvu63ugk2qmZVchItC8EBMGIunV1XmtYafswDr28ZYtXX2UEMugNWrE6dd8r7-V4icXeYRn9GXTL1O7GU&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\">Kenneth Woods, conductor<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u2019s direction.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;What was doubtless intended to inaugurate a chronological traversal began in 2019 with this performance of the First Symphony, the first to be heard in the critical edition published that year by <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1sur9pj xkrqix3 x1fey0fg xo1l8bm\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/breitkopfundhaertel?__cft__[0]=AZU9U5wQpObELy3sxUkP1NMiQ_8Yn7A6F2o-jHN3aK-o-IiHbVrB3mJ_ve6k9iMATfqUZmN3WOMJsP6QybpbUwiSXiNRs2PfNJ-Uzb0NdnYb6r44cYqwZIolW3UtDm3EArtI0lPgvu63ugk2qmZVchItC8EBMGIunV1XmtYafswDr28ZYtXX2UEMugNWrE6dd8r7-V4icXeYRn9GXTL1O7GU&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\">Breitkopf &amp; H\u00e4rtel<\/span><\/a><\/span>. Woods has written about this extensively at his website [Ken on the Great Mahler Debate of 2019 | Kenneth Woods \u2013 conductor]:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Suffice to add the numerous corrections and textural amendments enhance that fuller and more stratified orchestral sound such as Mahler favoured in 1899 when compared with earlier versions from 1889 and 1893.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcana.fm\/2024\/07\/22\/mahler-devane-woods\/\">Richard Whitehouse, Arcana.FM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;. the First Symphony was given a full-hearted and exuberant performance to close the festival on Sunday afternoon (May 19) at Macky Auditorium&#8230; The MahlerFest orchestra came through heroically as it always does in the audacious First Symphony.\u00a0 Woods carefully paced the symphony\u2019s famous \u201cbreakthroughs\u201d (which provided the theme for the festival).\u00a0 The ironic funeral march of the third movement was atmospheric, as was the buoyant second movement.\u00a0 Woods prefaced the symphony with its original second movement, \u201cBlumine,\u201d which Mahler removed after the first performance.\u00a0 Both were played from a new critical edition by Breitkopf &amp; H\u00e4rtel, the first time it has been used in any performance worldwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the heart of that program on May 18 at Macky was Mahler\u2019s song cycle\u00a0Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen\u00a0(Songs of a Wayfarer), which is closely connected with the First Symphony.\u00a0 The cycle<span class=\"bcTruncateMore\">\u00a0was performed in the interesting chamber orchestration by Arnold Schoenberg and sung by CU-Boulder alumnus and favorite local operatic performer Joshua DeVane.\u00a0 DeVane\u2019s interpretation was exciting, heart-rending, and passionate, displaying a keen understanding for the emotions in Mahler\u2019s words and music.<\/p>\n<p>Woods led the small ensemble deftly throughout the program&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By Kelly Dean Hansen, Freelance Classical Music Writer<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/mahler-symphony-no-1-blumine-lieder-eines-fahrenden-gesellen-colorado-mahlerfest-orchestra\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symphony No. 1\u00a0in D major World Premiere\u00a0of the new Breitkopf &amp; H\u00e4rtel Critical Edition Blumine\u00a0Symphonic Fragment World Premiere\u00a0of the new Breitkopf &amp; H\u00e4rtel Critical Edition Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen\u00a0(Songs of a Wayfarer), arranged by Schoenberg Kenneth Woods\u00a0\u2013 Artistic Director and Conductor Joshua DeVane\u00a0\u2013 Baritone Recorded live at Macky Auditorium in Boulder, CO May 18 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[995],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10051","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cds","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=10051"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10051"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}