Good afternoon! CSO Chorus rehearsals will resume this evening, as we enjoy the excitement of the last few weeks before the grand performances of Mahler’s 2nd Symphony. Michael Alexander will join us next week in preparation for the concerts. The CSO Chamber Chorus will enjoy its first rehearsal tonight – how exciting! We really missed seeing everyone last week, but hope you all fared well with the storms. It will be great to get together again this evening!
Auditions
for Carousel solos will be held on Tuesday evening
October 6th at 6:00 pm (before CSO Chorus rehearsal.) If you are
interested in auditioning for one of these solos, send an email to John
Concklin at
jconcklin@cobbsymphony.org and he can provide you with the
audition excerpts. There will be a sign-up sheet for specific audition
times available at rehearsal this evening.
Mahler's Second!
October 17 | 8 PM
October 18 | 3 PM
Mahler’s Second Symphony, known as the Resurrection Symphony, is one of his most popular and successful works!
Experience the raw energy of this magnificent work brought to life by the powers of Jana Young, Magdalana Wor and the Cobb Symphony Chorus!
Several
people were asking to see the Wikipedia translation of the Mahler
lyrics. They are posted below for your enjoyment. Beside them is an
exceptional video giving you insight into the life of Gustav Mahler and
his Second Symphony.We are rapidly approaching the up-coming performances of Mahler's Second Symphony! Mahler's name, in and of itself, creates an undeniable level of intrigue, mystique and exhilaration, and we don’t want anyone to miss the CSO Chorus in action!
Click here to download a flier you can print out, forward to your friends and use for quick reference. Ask if you can post at your favorite restaurants, clubs, gyms and any other places you frequent. The greater the exposure of the concerts, the more potential people to come enjoy the spectacular performances!
Rise
again, yes, rise again,Will you My dust,
After a brief rest!
Immortal life! Immortal life
Will He who called you, give you.
To bloom again were you sown!
The Lord of the harvest goes
And gathers in, like sheaves,
Us together, who died.
O believe, my heart, O believe:
Nothing to you is lost!
Yours is, yes yours, is what you desired
Yours, what you have loved
What you have fought for!
O believe,
You were not born for nothing!
Have not for nothing, lived, suffered!
What was created
Must perish,
What perished, rise again!
Cease from trembling!
Prepare yourself to live!
O Pain, You piercer of all things,
From you, I have been wrested!
O Death, You masterer of all things,
Now, are you conquered!
With wings which I have won for myself,
In love’s fierce striving,
I shall soar upwards
To the light which no eye has penetrated!
Its wing that I won is expanded,
and I fly up.
Die shall I in order to live.
Rise again, yes, rise again,
Will you, my heart, in an instant!
That for which you suffered,
To God will it lead you!