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.
Audio Concert Preview by Robert Kirzinger, BSO Publications Associate
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.
![[James Levine]](/images/_images/_musicians/JamesLevinex63.jpg)
![[Ben Heppner]](/images/_images/_musicians/BenHeppnerx63.jpg)
![[Nathan Gunn]](/images/_images/_musicians/NathanGunnx63.jpg)
