Barron & Piccotti & Francis & Codina & Schwartz & Puig

The fourth movement of Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony, known as the Adagietto, played a key role in Victoria de los Ángeles's life, as it entered the soprano's life at a time when she was “very, very sad,” in Victoria's own words. We do not know this specific moment, but she always listened to Mahler because, as she said, “I need him very much.” For this occasion, resident pianist Marta Puig has created this quintet, composed of some of the current national talents, to perform this Adagietto in a chamber version, followed by the magnificent Rückert-Lieder performed by another resident, Fleur Barron, in an impossible dialogue with the Catalan soprano. In the second part, a more possible dialogue, this time between Victoria and Die Forelle, which she performed so many times in recital and which will be complemented here by the exquisite Forellenquintet (Trout Quintet), whose fourth movement coincides with Schubert's Lied.