Rembrandt Chamber Players

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The Mahler Project: 2008-2010
Highlighting rarely performed jewels by a modern master!

Explore the other Mahler with us as we highlight Arthur Schoenberg and Erwin Stein's transcriptions of Mahler's symphonic works for chamber ensemble.

Our Mahler Project launch in May 2008 received critical acclaim.
Read the Chicago Tribune review.

Upcoming performances in the Mahler Project include:
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) will be presented on April 19, 2009.

Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) will be presented in 2009-2010
as the centerpiece of our 20th Anniversary Season.

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History of these transcriptions:
In 1918, seven years after Gustav Mahler's death, composer Arnold Schoenberg was concerned that modern music was not being performed with sufficient frequency and with proper rehearsal to permit listeners to achieve an appreciation and precise knowledge of new music. To remedy this deficiency, Schoenberg formed the Society for Private Musical Performances, presenting 154 works by 42 contemporary composers, all in arrangements for a few instruments. For the purpose of these private concerts, Schoenberg and his student Erwin Stein made chamber music arrangements of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) and Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth).

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