‘Belgian National Orchestra, González-Monjas & Mühlemann’

It has not taken long for Swiss soprano Regula Mühlemann to conquer almost every major opera and concert stage. This concert will be her first at Bozar, where she will perform arias by Mozart, songs by Richard Strauss and the soprano solo from Mahler's Fourth Symphony. 

Mahler's Fourth Symphony opens with a powerful rhythmic motif played by sleigh bells. These bells, first waved slowly and thoughtfully in the first movement, take on a more aggressive tone in the fourth and final movement. A soprano evokes a celestial scene with a poem from the folk song collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn. The rhythmic motif disrupts this idyll by introducing a passage recounting the slaughter of several animals for a banquet.

Enhance your experience beyond the concert with an introduction in the Henry Le Boeuf Hall! The introduction starts at 7 pm and is free upon presentation of your concert ticket.