Munster Trustee, Dame Sarah Connolly has had a busy series of Mahler concerts! She performed Songs of a Traveling Companion with RTVE Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Josep Pons on 17/11/22. You can read the review here: Scherzo | REVIEWS / MADRID / An excellent Mahler in the voice of Sarah Connolly and in the baton of Josep Pons, by Michael Thallium
This concert was preceded by Connolly’s triumphant performance of Kindertotenlieder with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ludovic Morlot on 16th October.
She also performed Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Wigglesworth in a magical “Fantastic Fairytales” concert on 9th November which can be viewed here: Fantastic Fairytales – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (bsolive.com)
She will continue her Mahler season performing Das Lied von der Erde with Toby Spence and Orchestre National de Lille conducted by Alexandre Bloch on 8th December in France.