Musicians
Netherlands Philharmonic
Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti
Baritone: Florian Boesch
Actor: Charlie Chan Dagelet
Actor: Bram Suijker
Director: Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Text and dramaturgy: Thomas de Jonker
This concert has no intermission
Who was Mahler? Who is Mahler? What does Mahler's music sound like? What makes his music special? And what have Mahler and his music done to us? In Dear Mahler! we search for answers to these questions. With conductor Lorenzo Viotti, baritone Florian Boesch, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and various people who each had their own connection with Mahler, we travel through Mahler's impressive oeuvre on the basis of personal letters - full of memories, reflections and critical notes.
A journey like Mahler's work itself: compelling, moving, funny, tragic, with jubilant joy and deep sorrow. Packed with the most beautiful and best pieces from Mahler's oeuvre. Dear Mahler! is for everyone who wants to get to know the great work of the composer Gustav Mahler. And for anyone who already knows Mahler's music but wants to immerse themselves in his work and life in a different way.
Spoken texts during this concert are in Dutch and in English. With Dutch/English translation in the surtitles.