The Korean composer Unsuk Chin’s concerto “Šu” for the sheng virtuoso Wu Wei and orchestra meets Gustav Mahler’s setting of Hans Bethge’s cycle of free adaptations of Chinese poems: “Das Lied von der Erde”, that Bruno Walter called “one single, passionate, bitter, renunciatory and benedictive sound of farewell”: a work that was never performed during the composer’s lifetime.
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Robin Ticciati conductor
Wu Wei Sheng
Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano
David Butt Philip tenor (replacing Allan Clayton)
Unsuk Chin
Šu, Concerto for Sheng and Orchestra
Wu Wei Sheng
Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano, David Butt Philip tenor (replacing Allan Clayton)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in cooperation with Berliner Festspiele / Musikfest Berlin
