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    ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien | Markus Poschner

    Musikverein Großer Saal - Wien
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    Bösendorferstr.12
    1010 Wien
     

    ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien | Markus Poschner Musikverein Großer Saal - Wien Sat 11.Oct 2025 19:30
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    Performers

    • ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
    • Wiener Singverein Choir
    • N. N. Alto
    • N. N. Tenor
    • Markus Poschner Conductor

    Program

    • Lili Boulanger Vieille prière bouddhique / Ancient Buddhist Prayer for Tenor, Choir, and Orchestra
    • Lili Boulanger Du fond de l'abîme / Psalm 130 for Alto, Choir, Organ, and Orchestra
    • — Intermission —
    • Alexander Zemlinsky The Mermaid / Symphonic Poem

     

    Lili Boulanger was the first woman to win the coveted "Prix de Rome" – in 1913. Shortly afterwards, she set to music an ancient Buddhist prayer that a friend had given her as a seven-year-old. The text: "Mögen alle glücklich sein, und sich in Freiheit bewegen können, jeder nach seiner Art." Lili Boulanger herself wasn't granted happiness for long: in 1917, already stricken with serious illness, she composed her moving Psalm 130. And the setting of the tragic love story of the little mermaid? It came shortly after Alma Schindler had decided against her lover Zemlinsky and for her alliance with Gustav Mahler...

     

    (Source: jeunesse.at)