●This is a co-presentation program, Weiwuying membership discount please see below list.
●Duration is 80 mins.
●Suitable for age 6+.
●Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
●The 1st level entrance of the venue (Playhouse/Concert Hall) is equipped with stairs.
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
- Applicable for Weiwuying Hero
- 10% off for Weiwuying Unlimited member
Inbal's Mahler Symphony No.2
How do you see “life” and “death”?
Sometimes, music talks clearer than words.
Mahler took the concept of salvation in order to escape from the fear to death.
TSO proudly announce, Mahler Symphony No.2 "Resurrection"
The music of Mahler's has always been distinctive and colorful. Mahler often spend a lot of time in his work to talk about topics like “the meaning of life”, in other words, “fighting with destiny” can be viewed as the foundation of all of Mahler’s works. In Symphony No.2 “Resurrection”, people can see how Mahler uses religious poems as a tool for self-salvation, and use it to escape from the chain of fate.
Mahler applied a historically large configuration for this 80 minutes piece. He added soprano and alto solo, as well as mixed chorus, not only did it set up Mahler's favorite ballad and country melody, it also reestablishes the theme of “when a life is coming to its end.”
We believe, with Maestro Inbal and the TSO's interpretation, audiences will have a new perspective regarding life and its radiance.
Eliahu Inbal｜Conductor
Born in Israel, Eliahu Inbal studied violin and composition at the Jerusalem Music Academy before completing his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérier in Paris upon the recommendation of Leonard Bernstein. His teachers there included Louis Fourestier (conducting), Olivier Messiaen, and Nadia Boulanger. His musical development was also heavily influenced by Franco Ferrara, in Hilversum, the Netherlands, and Sergiu Celibidache, in Siena, Italy. Since winning first prize in the Cantelli Conducting Competition at the age of 26, Eliahu Inbal has enjoyed an international career, conducting leading orchestras in Europe, the United States, Japan and Israel and making regular appearances at international festivals.
Rachel Harnisch｜Soprano
Swiss soprano Rachel Harnisch studied with Beata Heuer-Christen in Freiburg im Breisgau. She gives guest performances at leading opera houses of the world. At the beginning of her career she sang especially Mozart, but now she sings predominantly works of the classical modern and contemporary.
In the recent past, she has received many great role debuts such as Rachel in Halévy's La Juive, Emilia Marty in Janáček's Věc Makropulos, and a demanding playwright role in Aribert Reimann's world premiere of L'Invisible in the autumn of 2017 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She worked closely with Claudio Abbado.
The soprano sings a wide concert repertoire from the Passions of Johann Sebastian Bach to compositions of our time.
Lieder recitals are particularly close to her heart. Her constant partner here is pianist Jan Philip Schulze, with whom she recorded a much acclaimed version of Hindemith's Das Marienleben. Numerous other recordings have documented Rachel Harnisch's career.
Katharina Magiera｜Alto
Katharina Magiera studied elementary school music with a major in piano, before switching to vocal performance with Prof. Hedwig Fassbender in Frankfurt/ Main, and then completed her concert exam under Prof. Rudolf Piernay in Mannheim. Her wide range of concert repertoire includes: the passions and numerous cantatas of JS Bach, the Requiems of Mozart, Verdi, Duruflé, Dvořák, Schnittke, and the oratorios of Handel, Mendelssohn, Honegger and Szymanowski. She has worked with such conductors as Paolo Carignani, Helmuth Rilling, Gabriel Garrido, Marko Letonja, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Alexander Liebreich, Kristjan Järvi, Constantinos Carydis, Ivor Bolton, Constantin Trinks, Sebastian Weigle, Ádám Fischer, Christian Thielemann, Jaap van Zweden, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Leo Hussain, René Jacobs, Henrik Nánási, Sylvain Cambreling, Krzysztof Urbanski, Teodor Currentzis and Robin Ticciati.
Concert performances for Katharina Magiera have included engagements with the Munich Philharmonic, the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, the Richard-Strauss Festival, the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the Salzburg Festival, the NDR Radiophilharmonie and the DSO Berlin. She has appeared as Hänsel (Hänsel and Gretel) at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, as Schwertleite (a Valkyrie) at the Semperoper Dresden, as Third Lady at the Opéra National in Paris and at the Theater an der Wien and in various roles at the Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg, the Beijing Music Festival, the Salzburg Easter Festival and the Glydebourne Festival. Katharina Magiera has been part of the ensemble in the Frankfurt Opera since the 2009/10 season, where she was able to sing all of the important roles of her vocal fach. Lately she debuted in three new Handel roles: Amastre (Xerxes), Irene (Theodora) and Eduige (Rodelinda).
Taipei Symphony Orchestra
Established in 1969, the Taipei Symphony Orchestra(TSO) has been known for its high musical standards, and has invited innumerable renowned musicians to perform and collaborate with them, including sopranos Anna Netrebko and Angela Gheorghiu, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and Maxim Vengerov, cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Mstislav Rostropovich, trombonist Christian Lindberg, conductor Yuri Temirkanov, Nikolay Alexeev and Eliahu Inbal and so on. In 1979, when the first Taipei Music Festival was held, it set the precedent for large-scale music festivals in Taiwan, and the innovative spirit has a profound impact on the development of the domestic music industry.
Apart from performing in Taiwan, the TSO is also no stranger to international concert halls. In recent years, the orchestra has participated in many international music festivals and important events, such as Japan Tour in 2014, France's Les Flaneries Musicales de Reims in 2015, opening ceremony of 2017 Summer Universiade, US Tour in 2017 and China Tour in 2019. In 2018, the TSO has spiritually rebooted Taipei Music Festival with the name “Taipei Renascence”, in order to promote cross-fields innovative collaboration. Through this spirit, the TSO hopes to create another 50 years of epic chapter!
Kaohsiung Chamber Choir
Kaohsiung Chamber Choir (KCC) was founded in 2002, consisting of a group of choral musicians who dedicate to elaborating and popularizing the sophisticated choral art in Southern Taiwan.
The well-known choral conductor Dr. Chia-Fen Weng became KCC Art Director in 2007. She develops a multicultural atmosphere of music projects, and at the same time encourages local musicians to perform and publish their work. KCC regularly co-operates with Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra(KSO) for major projects, invites international artists as guest conductors, and also sets foot in many different fields of choral music, such as female chorus, chamber choir, and a cappella. KCC holds 2 to 3 formal performances every year; the projects include commissioned creations from local artists, new interpretations of ballad songs, classical choral music repertoire, and famous choral music from around the world. KCC is often invited to perform at important events and concerts in Southern Taiwan.
During the 17 years of KCC history, it has been honored to be titled as Kaohsiung City Outstanding Supporting Performing Arts Team and the performing arts group fostered by the Ministry of Culture multiple times. KCC sees popularizing choral music, and introducing the society to the beauty of choral music as an unavoidable duty, and will continuously sing for the communication between cultures, to encourage local artists, and for the joy and beauty on sharing their voice.
Ching-Yun Choir
The Ching-Yun Choir, incorporated in 1973 and composed of alumni of two senior high schools in Taipei, the Chien-Kuo Senior High School and the Taipei Municipal First Girls' Senior High School, enjoys the loftiest reputation of alumni choruses in the whole Chinese world. Being one of the foremost choruses in Taiwan, Ching-Yun has witnessed the growing stronger of the population of the choir philharmonic.
The Ching-Yun Choir holds formal performances in National Concert Hall and other major venues in Taiwan frequently, including the Premiere of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Mass in G minor in Taiwan. The Ching-Yun Choir has also worked with major
Program
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C Minor
Cast
Conductor｜Eliahu Inbal
Soprano｜Rachel Harnisch
Alto｜Katharina Magiera
Taipei Symphony Orchestra
Kaohsiung Chamber Choir
Ching-Yun Choir
Photo by Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic、ZChrapek
Inbal's Mahler Symphony No.2
How do you see “life” and “death”?
Sometimes, music talks clearer than words.
Mahler took the concept of salvation in order to escape from the fear to death.
TSO proudly announce, Mahler Symphony No.2 "Resurrection"
The music of Mahler's has always been distinctive and colorful. Mahler often spend a lot of time in his work to talk about topics like “the meaning of life”, in other words, “fighting with destiny” can be viewed as the foundation of all of Mahler’s works. In Symphony No.2 “Resurrection”, people can see how Mahler uses religious poems as a tool for self-salvation, and use it to escape from the chain of fate.
Mahler applied a historically large configuration for this 80 minutes piece. He added soprano and alto solo, as well as mixed chorus, not only did it set up Mahler's favorite ballad and country melody, it also reestablishes the theme of “when a life is coming to its end.”
We believe, with Maestro Inbal and the TSO's interpretation, audiences will have a new perspective regarding life and its radiance.
Eliahu Inbal｜Conductor
Born in Israel, Eliahu Inbal studied violin and composition at the Jerusalem Music Academy before completing his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérier in Paris upon the recommendation of Leonard Bernstein. His teachers there included Louis Fourestier (conducting), Olivier Messiaen, and Nadia Boulanger. His musical development was also heavily influenced by Franco Ferrara, in Hilversum, the Netherlands, and Sergiu Celibidache, in Siena, Italy. Since winning first prize in the Cantelli Conducting Competition at the age of 26, Eliahu Inbal has enjoyed an international career, conducting leading orchestras in Europe, the United States, Japan and Israel and making regular appearances at international festivals.
Rachel Harnisch｜Soprano
Swiss soprano Rachel Harnisch studied with Beata Heuer-Christen in Freiburg im Breisgau. She gives guest performances at leading opera houses of the world. At the beginning of her career she sang especially Mozart, but now she sings predominantly works of the classical modern and contemporary.
In the recent past, she has received many great role debuts such as Rachel in Halévy's La Juive, Emilia Marty in Janáček's Věc Makropulos, and a demanding playwright role in Aribert Reimann's world premiere of L'Invisible in the autumn of 2017 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She worked closely with Claudio Abbado.
The soprano sings a wide concert repertoire from the Passions of Johann Sebastian Bach to compositions of our time.
Lieder recitals are particularly close to her heart. Her constant partner here is pianist Jan Philip Schulze, with whom she recorded a much acclaimed version of Hindemith's Das Marienleben. Numerous other recordings have documented Rachel Harnisch's career.
Katharina Magiera｜Alto
Katharina Magiera studied elementary school music with a major in piano, before switching to vocal performance with Prof. Hedwig Fassbender in Frankfurt/ Main, and then completed her concert exam under Prof. Rudolf Piernay in Mannheim. Her wide range of concert repertoire includes: the passions and numerous cantatas of JS Bach, the Requiems of Mozart, Verdi, Duruflé, Dvořák, Schnittke, and the oratorios of Handel, Mendelssohn, Honegger and Szymanowski. She has worked with such conductors as Paolo Carignani, Helmuth Rilling, Gabriel Garrido, Marko Letonja, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Alexander Liebreich, Kristjan Järvi, Constantinos Carydis, Ivor Bolton, Constantin Trinks, Sebastian Weigle, Ádám Fischer, Christian Thielemann, Jaap van Zweden, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Leo Hussain, René Jacobs, Henrik Nánási, Sylvain Cambreling, Krzysztof Urbanski, Teodor Currentzis and Robin Ticciati.
Concert performances for Katharina Magiera have included engagements with the Munich Philharmonic, the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, the Richard-Strauss Festival, the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the Salzburg Festival, the NDR Radiophilharmonie and the DSO Berlin. She has appeared as Hänsel (Hänsel and Gretel) at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, as Schwertleite (a Valkyrie) at the Semperoper Dresden, as Third Lady at the Opéra National in Paris and at the Theater an der Wien and in various roles at the Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg, the Beijing Music Festival, the Salzburg Easter Festival and the Glydebourne Festival. Katharina Magiera has been part of the ensemble in the Frankfurt Opera since the 2009/10 season, where she was able to sing all of the important roles of her vocal fach. Lately she debuted in three new Handel roles: Amastre (Xerxes), Irene (Theodora) and Eduige (Rodelinda).
Taipei Symphony Orchestra
Established in 1969, the Taipei Symphony Orchestra(TSO) has been known for its high musical standards, and has invited innumerable renowned musicians to perform and collaborate with them, including sopranos Anna Netrebko and Angela Gheorghiu, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and Maxim Vengerov, cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Mstislav Rostropovich, trombonist Christian Lindberg, conductor Yuri Temirkanov, Nikolay Alexeev and Eliahu Inbal and so on. In 1979, when the first Taipei Music Festival was held, it set the precedent for large-scale music festivals in Taiwan, and the innovative spirit has a profound impact on the development of the domestic music industry.
Apart from performing in Taiwan, the TSO is also no stranger to international concert halls. In recent years, the orchestra has participated in many international music festivals and important events, such as Japan Tour in 2014, France's Les Flaneries Musicales de Reims in 2015, opening ceremony of 2017 Summer Universiade, US Tour in 2017 and China Tour in 2019. In 2018, the TSO has spiritually rebooted Taipei Music Festival with the name “Taipei Renascence”, in order to promote cross-fields innovative collaboration. Through this spirit, the TSO hopes to create another 50 years of epic chapter!
Kaohsiung Chamber Choir
Kaohsiung Chamber Choir (KCC) was founded in 2002, consisting of a group of choral musicians who dedicate to elaborating and popularizing the sophisticated choral art in Southern Taiwan.
The well-known choral conductor Dr. Chia-Fen Weng became KCC Art Director in 2007. She develops a multicultural atmosphere of music projects, and at the same time encourages local musicians to perform and publish their work. KCC regularly co-operates with Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra(KSO) for major projects, invites international artists as guest conductors, and also sets foot in many different fields of choral music, such as female chorus, chamber choir, and a cappella. KCC holds 2 to 3 formal performances every year; the projects include commissioned creations from local artists, new interpretations of ballad songs, classical choral music repertoire, and famous choral music from around the world. KCC is often invited to perform at important events and concerts in Southern Taiwan.
During the 17 years of KCC history, it has been honored to be titled as Kaohsiung City Outstanding Supporting Performing Arts Team and the performing arts group fostered by the Ministry of Culture multiple times. KCC sees popularizing choral music, and introducing the society to the beauty of choral music as an unavoidable duty, and will continuously sing for the communication between cultures, to encourage local artists, and for the joy and beauty on sharing their voice.
Ching-Yun Choir
The Ching-Yun Choir, incorporated in 1973 and composed of alumni of two senior high schools in Taipei, the Chien-Kuo Senior High School and the Taipei Municipal First Girls' Senior High School, enjoys the loftiest reputation of alumni choruses in the whole Chinese world. Being one of the foremost choruses in Taiwan, Ching-Yun has witnessed the growing stronger of the population of the choir philharmonic.
The Ching-Yun Choir holds formal performances in National Concert Hall and other major venues in Taiwan frequently, including the Premiere of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Mass in G minor in Taiwan. The Ching-Yun Choir has also worked with major
Program
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C Minor
Cast
Conductor｜Eliahu Inbal
Soprano｜Rachel Harnisch
Alto｜Katharina Magiera
Taipei Symphony Orchestra
Kaohsiung Chamber Choir
Ching-Yun Choir
Photo by Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic、ZChrapek
●This is a co-presentation program, Weiwuying membership discount please see below list.
●Duration is 80 mins.
●Suitable for age 6+.
●Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
●The 1st level entrance of the venue (Playhouse/Concert Hall) is equipped with stairs.
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
- Applicable for Weiwuying Hero
- 10% off for Weiwuying Unlimited member
