The World of Yesterday: The Life and Loves of Alma Mahler
In his memoir Die Welt von Gestern (The World of Yesterday) the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig looked nostalgically to the period in Viennese history that preceded the collapse of the Austrian-Hungarian empire. The last decades of the 19th century, known as the Viennese Golden Autumn, also marked the twilight of Romanticism.
The lush sonorities and profound emotionality of the music of this period will be showcased through vocal and instrumental works by Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler, Zemlinsky, and Kreisler, composers’ letters and Stefan Zweig’s memoir.
The World of Yesterday: The Life and Loves of Alma Mahler was part of our 2002-2003 Season.
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