Programme
Sebastian Black - The Mosaique of the Aire (Commissioned by William L. and Pamela S. Richter, Santa Cruz, California, for Mahler Foundation) (world premiere)
Mahler - Symphony No. 4 in G Major (arr. J. Warner)
Musicians
New European Ensemble
Conductor: John Warner
Soprano: Keren Motseri
Mahler Foundation
The Mahler Foundation is pleased to present a special concert during the Mahler Festival. A concert featuring Mahler's Fourth Symphony and a new work by Sebastian Black, which reflect the Mahler Foundation's core themes of youth, nature and modernity. These topics were central to Mahler's outlook and are more important today than ever. It is testimony to Marina Mahler's own vision of bringing her grandfather's music and philosophy of life beyond the concert halls and to the world at large.
John Warner & Sebastian Black
Two young talents take centre stage this afternoon: conductor John Warner and composer Sebastian Black. Warner leads the New European Ensemble in his own new arrangement for chamber orchestra of Mahler's Fourth Symphony. In this new version, Warner puts the focus on the orchestra's personal, individual voices. The result is intimate, beautiful, and totally contemporary. Sebastian Black composed The Mosaique of the Aire, commissioned by the Mahler Foundation. In this work, Black looks at Mahlerian themes of love, nature, youth and peace through the stark glasses of the chaotic present.
The Mosaique of the Air
Commissioned by William L. and Pamela S. Richter, Santa Cruz, California, for Mahler Foundation
Conducted by John Warner and performed by New European Ensemble
World Premiere Performance: Het Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal, Mahler Festival 2025, Amsterdam, May 17, 2025