Main series

Das Lied von der Erde

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Main series

Thursday 18. January, at 19:30

Fartein Valen, Stavanger konserthus

Program

Schubert: Symphony No. 7 "Unfinished"
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)

Contributors

Andris Poga, conductor
Matthias Goerne, baritone (Artist-in-Residence)
Andrew Staples, tenor

Venue

Fartein Valen, Stavanger konserthus

Conductor

Andris Poga

Andris Poga has been the music director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO) since the season of 2013–2014.

Highlights of recent seasons have included concerts with the leading orchestras of Germany, France, Italy, Japan and other countries. After the first successful collaborations he has been invited back to the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester Hamburg, WDR Symphony Cologne, Munich Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie- Orchester Berlin, Dresden Philharmonic, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. He has also conducted the Wiener Symphoniker, SWR Symphony Orchestra in Stuttgart, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Orchestre National de France, Shanghai Symphony and Sydney Symphony among many others.

In June 2019, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Norway announced the appointment of Andris Poga as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021-2022 season.
Soloist

Matthias Goerne

Matthias Goerne is one of the most versatile and internationally sought-after vocalists and a
frequent guest at renowned festivals and concert halls. He has collaborated with the world’s
leading orchestras, conductors and pianists. Born in Weimar, he studied with Hans-Joachim
Beyer in Leipzig, and later with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
Matthias Goerne has appeared on the world’s principal opera stages including the
Metropolitan Opera in New York, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Real in Madrid,
Paris National Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. His roles range from Wolfram, Amfortas,
Wotan, Orest, and Jochanaan to the title roles in Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and Alban
Berg’s Wozzeck.

Goerne’s artistry has been documented on numerous recordings, many of which have
received prestigious awards, including four Grammy nominations, an ICMA Award, a
Gramophone Award, the BBC Music Magazine Vocal Award 2017, and a Diapason d’or arte.
After his legendary recordings with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Alfred Brendel for Universal
Music, he recorded a series of selected Schubert songs on 12 CDs for harmonia mundi (The
Goerne/Schubert Edition) with eminent pianists. His latest recordings of Brahms songs with
Christoph Eschenbach, of Schumann songs with Markus Hinterhäuser, of Mahler songs with
the BBC Symphony, and of Wagner arias with the Swedish Radio Symphony have received
rave reviews.

In addition to his residency with the New York Philharmonic further highlights of the 2018/19
season include concerts with other top orchestras in the U.S. (Pittsburgh, Houston, Los
Angeles), Europe and Japan. Furthermore, Mr. Goerne appears as Kurwenal (Tristan) at the
Paris National Opera. Song recitals with Daniil Trifonov, Leif Ove Andsnes and Sir Antonio
Pappano will lead him to the Philharmonie in Berlin, Philharmonie de Paris, Wigmore Hall in
London, Palau de la Música in Barcelona and other major European venues. Last but not
least Goerne will be guest at the 2019 summer festivals in Ravinia, Salzburg and Verbier.
Soloist

Andrew Staples

Andrew Staples is considered one of the most versatile tenors of his generation, appearing regularly with Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Harding, Emmanuelle Haïm, Andrew Davis, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and with the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, London Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He made his debut at the Royal Opera House,Covent Garden with Fidelio (Jacquino), returning for Capriccio (Flamand), Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), Katya Kabanova (Tichon) andSalome (Narraboth). He has also appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, the National Theatre Prague, La MonnaieBrussels, the SalzburgerF estspiele, Hamburg Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, the Lucerne Festival and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

His recent and future performances include Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (Chamber Orchestra of Europe), Britten’s Peter Grimes (Teatro La Fenice) and Turn of the Screw (Budapest Festival Orchestra), Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius (Royal ScottishNational Orchestra), Haydn: The Creation (Scottish Chamber Orchestra), Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France), Janacek: Katya Kabanova (London Symphony Orchestra), Handel: Jephtha (Komische Oper Berlin) and Mozart: Idomeneo (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin).

Andrew Staples’ creative output includes concert and opera singing, directing opera andother stage works, music, filmmaking and photography. To these complementary disciplines, he brings a collaborative approach and a strong desire to tell better stories, that build connections between artists and audiences.