A Double Farewell
Henze and Mahler in Rome, reported by GIUSEPPE PENNISI
On 10 January 2010, in its huge 2,832 seat main auditorium in Rome, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia offered an exceptional evening: Hans Werner Henze's latest work and one of the last works by Gustav Mahler. Despite a hundred years separating the two compositions, the connection is quite strong. Henze is eighty three; we wish him many more years of productive life....
Copyright © 14 January 2010
Giuseppe Pennisi, Rome, Italy
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