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Festival Chamber Orchestra | Earl Lee, conductor
Paul Groves, tenor & Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano
Orchestra Members: Ruggero Allifranchini, concertmaster/violin | Danny Koo, violin | Barry Shiffman, viola | Allison Eldredge, cello | Yoobin Son, flute | Todd Palmer, clarinet | Bee Ungar, bassoon | Jung-A Bang, piano | Matt Sharrock, percussion | Michael Bridge, accordion
 
Featuring Mahler’s orchestral song cycle Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth), this piece evokes an emotional range that will be brought to life by the incomparable voices of Paul Groves and Rihab Chaieb and a chamber orchestra led by BSO assistant conductor Earl Lee. 
 
DEBUSSY:
Syrinx
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (arr. Benno Sachs)
Premiere Rhapsody (arr. Todd Palmer)
MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde
 
“Her smoky, beguiling mezzo was poised and pliant, and she cut an exotic, authoritative figure” (Opera Today)
 
Website: https://www.l2artists.com/paul-groves/
Website: https://www.metopera.org/discover/artists/mezzo-soprano/rihab-chaieb/