Live at the Concertgebouw: "...The late romantic Dutch composer Alphons Diepenbrock was one of the first artists to compose a ‘symphonic poem’ for voice and orchestra. Diepenbrock was trained as a classicist but as a composer he was a self-made man. Diepenbrock was a much admired composer, not only by the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s conductor Willem Mengelberg, but also by his friend Gustav Mahler. This is Diepenbrock’s Hymne an die Nacht, Hymn tot the Night Soloist in this gorgeous orchestral song is the Dutch mezzo soprano Christianne Stotijn…’’ (RNW-host Hans Haffmans)

part 1

part 2

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Markus Stenz, conductor
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano

Anton Bruckner: Symphonisches Praeludium
Gustav Mahler: Blumine
Detlev Glanert: Fluss ohne Ufer
Alphons Diepenbrock: Hymne an die Nacht II
Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta

Additional programming:
Franz Schreker: Vorspiel zu einem Drama (RCO / Friedrich Cerha)
Gustav Mahler: from Symphony no. 7, Nachtmusik (Wiener Philharmoniker / Simon Rattle)