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Harbison and Mahler
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  April 17, 2008 8:00 PM
  April 18, 2008 8:00 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
April 18, 2008 8:00 PM
Symphony Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
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Featured Artists
[James Levine]
James Levine
conductor
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Anne Sofie von Otter
mezzo-soprano
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Kate Lindsey
mezzo-soprano (Harbison)
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[Ben Heppner]
Ben Heppner
tenor
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[Nathan Gunn]
Nathan Gunn
baritone (Harbison)
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Program  Notes   Audio 
HARBISON
 Symphony No. 5 (world premiere; BSO commission)
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MAHLER
 Das Lied von der Erde
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Regrettably, tenor Johan Botha is ill and has been forced to cancel his appearances here next week, April 17 and 18. We are fortunate that Ben Heppner is available to replace him. The program remains unaltered.

Pre-Concert Talk given by Robert Kirzinger, BSO Publications Associate, at 6:45 pm, Symphony Hall. Free to performance ticket holders.

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About the Music

James Levine conducts the third world premiere of the 2007-08 season, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison’s Symphony No. 5 for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and orchestra, based on the story of Orpheus and Eurydice and featuring Kate Lindsey (in her BSO debut) and Nathan Gunn. Also on the program is Mahler’s symphony-like Das Lied von der Erde (“The Song of the Earth”), a setting for mezzo-soprano and tenor of German versions of Chinese poems on the broad subject of life and death as described through imagery and music prosaic and sublime.
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