Redwood Symphony -Haydn and Mahler

November 17, 2018 Concert at: 8 p.m. Pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 ("Drumroll") Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (“Song of the Earth”) Soloists: Kindra Scharich, mezzo soprano David Gustafson, tenor The German text for Das Lied is derived from poems written by Li Bai, the wandering poet of the Chinese Tang dynasty.Alternating songs with tenor and mezzo soprano soloists, this all-encompassing work is one of the symphonic literature’s great meditation on the brevity and sweetness of human life.