I have such bad timing! I've moved away from Indianapolis, yet this coming year, Butler University is having a Mahler-fest! Oh well, I guess I'll just make the drive up. (Butler University, in case you don't know, is a private university in Indianapolis that was founded in 1855.)
This coming fall, Butler will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of Mahler's birth, along with commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and celebrating Germanic creative expression. That's a lot of things to celebrate!
The festivities include performances of some Mahler symphonies, and his one and only piece for wind ensemble. There will also be many films and lectures related to the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Germanic creative expression, and even some opera.
The list of events isn't complete yet, but still, what is scheduled sounds promising, and highly interesting. I applaud Butler for choosing to hold such festivities, and I truly hope it is a success. I can't promise I'll make it to every single event, but I hope to make quite a few of them!
Monday, July 6, 2009
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Aw, if only they were performing the sixth...that would be worth making the trip from the Chicago area to go see that!
But then again it's probably better because I don't think I'd talk my parents into taking me--even for a performance of the "Tragic"--anyway.
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