microphilharmonic – Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Sat, Mar 08
|Eugene
Arwen joins the microphilharmonic as featured soloist for Mahler's transcendent Fourth Symphony
Time & Location
Mar 08, 2025, 7:30 PM – Mar 09, 2025, 3:00 PM
Eugene, Eugene, OR, USA
About the Event
Arwen joins Michael Anderson and the microphilharmonic for Gustav Mahler's remarkable Symphony No. 4 in G major, arranged for chamber ensemble.
Saturday, March 8 • 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 9 • 3:00 pm
The Shedd Institute – Eugene, OR
Tickets: https://theshedd.org/divp/series.aspx?series=6627&event=6621
Mahler described the Fourth Symphony as the conclusion to the "perfectly self-contained tetralogy" of his first four symphonies: the First depicts heroic suffering and triumph; the Second explores death and resurrection; the Third contemplates existence and God; and the Fourth, as an extension of the Third's ideas, explores life in heaven.
The piece builds throughout on his 1892 song "Das himmlische Leben" ("The Heavenly Life"), which presents a child's vision of heaven and is sung by soprano in the symphony's Finale.