Name: Mahler’s Eighth – Closing concert and farewell to Edward Gardner
Start: 2024-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Grieghallen

Organization

Bergen International Festival

Conductor

Edward Gardner

Chorus master

Håkon Matti Skrede

Singer

Soprano

Elisabeth Teige

Soprano 1

Marita Kvarving Sølberg

Soprano 2

Mari Eriksmoen

Soprano 3

Mezzo-soprano

Karen Cargill

Mezzo 1

Wiebke Lehmkuhl

Mezzo 2

Tenor

David Butt Philip

Baritone

Yngve Søberg

Bass

John Relyea

David White

Wiebke Lemkuhl

Others

Bergen Filharmoniske Kor

Orchestra

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Grieg Kor Bergen Philharmonic Choir

Bergen Youth Philharminic Orchestra

Edvard Grieg Ungdomskor

The Georgia Boy Choir

Collegium Musicum Kor

Operakoret ved Den Norske Opera & Ballett

Edvard Grieg Boys Choir

Gearmáinis

Laidin

Mahler’s Eighth – Closing concert and farewell to Edward Gardner

Bergen

Norway

Grieghallen

Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major, ("Symphony of a Thousand") Mahler

Public

Symphony 8

Ioruais

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Mahler's eighth concludes the 2024 festival: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major, ("Symphony of a Thousand") Mahler

The final concert at the 2024 Bergen International Festival will be conductor Edward Gardner’s farewell concert, with Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony being performed on 4 and 5 June next year.

Edward Gardner has been Chief Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since 2015 and will take over as Music Director of the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet in August 2024. His last concert in the role of Chief Conductor of the Bergen orchestra will be during the Bergen International Festival, with the monumental Mahler's 8th Symphony in E-flat major on the programme.

Mahler's 8th is one of the greatest orchestral and choral works in the classical repertoire and is rarely performed. The work has been called the ‘Symphony of a Thousand’, and requires eight soloists and several choirs, in addition to the orchestra.

‘Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound. There are no longer human voices, but planets and suns revolving.’ the composer said of his eighth symphony. When the work was premiered in 1910, with Mahler conducting, it broke all the rules and boundaries of what symphonies could and should be.

English

Den siste konserten under Festspillene i Bergen 2024 har fått tittelen Mahlers åttende – Avslutningskonsert og avskjed for Edward Gardner, og fremføres 4. og 5. juni neste år.

Edward Gardner har vært sjefdirigent for Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester siden 2015, og tar over som musikksjef ved Den Norske Opera & Ballett i august 2024. Hans siste konsert i rollen som sjefdirigent for BFO blir under Festspillene, med den monumentale Mahlers åttende symfoni i Ess-dur på programmet.

Mahlers’ åttende er et av de største orkester- og korverkene i det klassiske repertoaret, og fremføres sjelden. Verket er blitt kalt De tusendes symfoni, og krever åtte solister og flere kor, i tillegg til orkesteret.

«Forestill deg at hele universet begynner å klinge. Det er ikke lenger menneskestemmer du hører, men lyden av planeter og soler som spinner rundt oss», sa komponisten selv om sin åttende symfoni. Da verket ble urfremført i 1910, med Gustav Mahler som dirigent, sprengte det alle regler og grenser for hva symfonier kunne og skulle være.

norsk

Mahler’s Eighth – Closing concert and farewell to Edward Gardner by Mahler, Ó (2024/2024), Seoltóir Edward Gardner, Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Comhléiritheoir

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid