About the Performance
For his song cycle Songs of a Wayfarer, said to have been inspired by the end of an unhappy love affair, Mahler was both composer and poet. Lyrical and beautiful with moments of intense light and shade, these gems are among the most inspiring of the vocal repertoire. Christopher Maltman is renowned for the intensity, character and emotion of his singing.
The Hebrides Ensemble is fast becoming a Festival favourite. This concert brings together arrangements by Schoenberg himself and by his students including Berg's arrangement of his own Chamber Concerto which is dedicated to his teacher and mentor.
Christopher Maltman: ‘may have the world's most perfect baritone voice' The Philadelphia Inquirer
‘The Hebrides Ensemble confirmed its reputation as Scotland's finest contemporary music group... Fluency, technical brilliance and a sense of the personal and the epic characterised the performance.' The Daily Telegraph
This event will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concerts programme at 1:00pm, 28 August 2009. The programme will then be available for streaming and download for one week at bbc.co.uk/iplayer.
