BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241124 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:ECSO concert- Mahler's Third Symphony: For The Children - Saturday\,November 23\, 2024\, 7:30 pm Garde Arts Center\, 325 State St.\, New London\, CT 06320 DESCRIPTION:The second concert of the ECSO's 2024-25 season honors World Children's Day\, three days earlier\, which marks the date when the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child\, in 1959\, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child\, in 1989. A single work will be performed: Gustav Mahler's overwhelmingly moving Symphony No. 3 in D Minor\, completed in 1896.\n\n\n\nMahler called this monumental instrumental and choral composition the first movement of which is almost a symphony in itself "a summer's midday dream." Joining the orchestra for this not-to-be-missed performance will be mezzo-soprano Janna Baty\, a Yale School of Music faculty member\; the women of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus\, led by Music Director Dr. Daniel McDavitt\; and young Choristers from the Chorus of Westerly. Mahler had two daughters with his wife Alma: Maria Anna\, who died of scarlet fever and diphtheria at age 4\; and Anna\, nicknamed "Gucki\," who became a sculptor and died shortly before her 84th birthday in 1988. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The second concert of the ECSO&rsquo\;s 2024-25 season honors World Children&rsquo\;s Day\, three days earlier\, which marks the date when the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child\, in 1959\, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child\, in 1989. A single work will be performed: Gustav Mahler&rsquo\;s overwhelmingly moving \;Symphony No. 3 in D Minor\, \;completed in 1896.
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\nMahler called this monumental instrumental and choral composition&mdash\;the first movement of which is almost a symphony in itself&mdash\;&ldquo\;a summer&rsquo\;s midday dream.&rdquo\; Joining the orchestra for this not-to-be-missed performance will be mezzo-soprano Janna Baty\, a Yale School of Music faculty member\; the women of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus\, led by Music Director Dr. Daniel McDavitt\; and young Choristers from the \;Chorus of Westerly. Mahler had two daughters with his wife Alma: Maria Anna\, who died of scarlet fever and diphtheria at age 4\; and Anna\, nicknamed &ldquo\;Gucki\,&rdquo\; who became a sculptor and died shortly before her 84^th \;birthday in 1988. LOCATION:Garde Arts Center\, New London\, CT UID:e.726.39865 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260409T041547Z URL:http://public.oceanchamber.org/events/details/ecso-concert-mahler-s-third-symphony-for-the-children-saturday-november-23-2024-7-30-pm-garde-arts-center-325-state-st-new-london-ct-06320-39865 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR