Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 and Songs on the Death of Children (Kindertotenlieder)
Regula Mühlemann— Eve-Maud Hubeaux

CLASSICAL MUSIC CYCLE

Each concert announcement by Teodor Currentzis stirs high expectations and waves of anticipation as the charismatic conductor’s performances guarantee profound artistic experiences for the audiences of music lovers worldwide. All the more so when Currentzis’ profuse musical personality engages with the grandeur of the Mahlerian oeuvre—music that challenges the listener’s intellectual and emotional cosmos through its existential excursions and metaphysical agonies.

In a unique concert at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, the multi-awarded Greek conductor will lead Utopia, the independent orchestra he founded in 2022, in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, the Austrian composer’s most celebrated work. Remarkable Swiss soprano Regula Mühlemann, one of the finest talents of her generation, will perform the fourth movement’s song.

The second part of the evening will feature mezzo-soprano Eve-Maud Hubeaux performing the heart-wrenching song cycle Songs on the Death of Children (Kindertotenlieder), which Mahler composed between 1901 and 1904 in the form of an orchestral lieder based on five poems by Friedrich Rückert.