Op. 252 EIGHT WALTZES from
ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER MAHLER GROPIUS WERFEL
(April 1, 2016)
I. 1880 - JULIUS VIKTOR BERGER (Alma's Mother's First Lover)
II. 1884 - EMIL JAKOB SCHINDLER (Alma's Father)
III. 1894 - SCHULE (Alma's Education)
IV. 1895 - MAX BURCKHARD / OTTO MAHLER
(Alma's First Kiss / Gustav's Brother's Suicide)
V. 1897 - GUSTAV KLIMT (Alma's Second Kiss)
VI. 1910 - WALTER GROPIUS / SIGMUND FREUD
(Alma's First Affair / Mahler's Psychoanalysis)
VII. 1918 - HULDA RESERL / HERMINE MOOS / MARTIN WERFEL
(Kokoschka's Doll / Alma's Son)
VIII. 1937 - FRANZ WERFEL / CARL ZUCKMAYER /
FRANZ VON PAPEN / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
(Alma's Farewell Party)
Score:
Performance:
May 21, 2016
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA
