Recorded in 2010 by Thomas Hampson, Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn received high praise from critics, but took its time to be brought to the concert platform. For the first time in concert, the repertoire tackled by Hampson in a format close to chamber music with the Wiener Virtuosen (an ensemble comprising members of the Vienna Philharmonic) will be presented in the Grand Auditorium, a venue the singer knows well, although this will be his debut here as a conductor. Hampson says about the repertoire that “our lives would be infinitely less rich and knowledgeable if we didn’t have this book of poems”.

Orquestra Gulbenkian
Thomas Hampson Canto / Direção

Richard Strauss
Serenata para Sopros, em Mi bemol maior, op. 7

Gustav Mahler
A trompa maravilhosa do rapaz
– Santo António de Pádua pregando aos peixes
– Pequena lenda do Reno
– O tambor da guarda
– Toque de alvorada

Richard Strauss
Abertura da ópera Capriccio

Gustav Mahler
A trompa maravilhosa do rapaz
– Canção do prisioneiro na torre
– Onde soam as belas trombetas
– A vida terrestre
– A vida celeste
– Luz primordial

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