Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 18: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Into This World I Came As a Lost One) - music by Gustav Mahler from Lieder nach Ruckert (soprano & orchestra) arranged for SATB Chorus and piano or orchestra by Stanley M. Hoffman in 2000 - German and English - singing translation by Robert Schuneman - the piano/choral score is ECS Publishing Group Catalog No. 5755.
Click here to hear an exquisite performance by the New England Conservatory Concert Choir, Erica J. Washburn, conductor, which took place on October 24, 2011, in Jordan Hall, Boston.
Click here to hear a very fine demo recording made by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester conductor, Michael Monroe, pianist.
Click here to see a partial PDF sample of the score, or to purchase performance copies. The full orchestral score and instrumental parts are available for sale from the publisher as ECS Publishing Group Catalog Nos. 8401 and 8402, respectively.
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