Mahler Here & Now
Event Details
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2024 | 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2024 | 3:00 PM
Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall
Event Artists
REI HOTODA, conductor
JASMINE HABERSHAM, soprano
Event Composers
Gabriela Lena Frank
Contested Eden
Mahler
Symphony No. 4
Event Description
Music of Heaven and Earth. Music Director Rei Hotoda’s exploration of the symphonies of Gustav Mahler continues with his Fourth Symphony. This delightful evocation of childhood innocence was strongly influenced by Schubertian lyricism and German folk poetry. It culminates in a song for soprano describing a child’s view of Heaven. The devastation of nature from California’s recent spate of wildfires is the subject of Gabriela Lena Frank’s moving 2021 work Contested Eden.