Australian tenor Stuart Skelton returns to The Music Show as he prepares to sing Mahler’s Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde) with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Looking over his increasingly heroic career from oddball roles like the titular Peter Grimes to the pantheon of Wagner’s men, Stuart reflects on growing into his voice, and what he learned from the conducting and musical leadership of the late Andrew Davis.
Story of Another Soul is a “decolonial dreaming of new futures that seeks truth in the roots of improvisation”, from Meanjin/Brisbane based spoken word poet Huda Fadlelmawla and jazz trumpeter, composer and producer Reuben Lewis. They join Andy to talk about the process of improvisation in which words and music come together.
Stuart Skelton performs Mahler’s Song of the Earth with the Australian Chamber Orchestra until 26 May.
Story of Another Soul is out now via Life Before Man.
Title: These Stories
Composer: Reuben Lewis, Huda Fadlelmawla
Artist: Huda The Goddess & Reuben Lewis
Album: Story of Another Soul
Label: Life Before Man
Title: Das Lied von der Erde; i. Das Trinklied von Jammer der Erde
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Artist: Stuart Skelton, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Album: Das Lied von der Erde
Label: BR Klassik 900172
Title: “Now the Great Bear and Pleiades” from Peter Grimes
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Artist: Stuart Skelton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Album: Peter Grimes
Label: Chandos CHSA5250
Title: “Take me away, and in the lowest deep there let me be” from The Dream of Gerontius
Composer: Edward Elgar
Artist: Stuart Skelton, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Album: The Dream of Gerontius
Label: Chandos CHSA5140
Title: When People Ask You, Break
Composer: Reuben Lewis, Huda Fadlelmawla
Artist: Huda The Goddess & Reuben Lewis
Album: Story of Another Soul
Label: Life Before Man
Title: Love So Deep
Composer: Omar Musa
Artist: Omar Musa
Album: The Fullness
Label: Monkeycat Music
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Technical production by Ann-Marie Debettencor