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Added: 8/29/25
Description: Concert started with Mahler's "Todtenfeier" from 1888. It had it's moments (in some slow movements I thought something might develop, but no), but generally I found this piece boring. Mahler is definitely not my man ! Then it was time for Sibelius's Kullervo from 1892. For me this was the fiirst hearing of this work.More positive experience, but nothing triumphant. Maybe there's too much "mythology" in this music, it started to annoy a little, The male choir sounded convincing, the soloists less convincing. Davone Tines,baritone, was a strange choice to sing this part as the text was in finnish language.
(folder: mixed concerts)