Mad Love in Prien: An intense song evening with Mahler and Strauss
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Vienna around 1900: Beauty of sound meets passionate poetry
On October 15, 2026, a musical window opens into Vienna around 1900 in the Chiemsee Hall in Prien am Chiemsee. The concert program Mad Love combines expressive songs with selected poetry and leads into an era whose musical language still fascinates today with fine melancholy, great passion, and modern sound effects.
Mahler, Strauss, and the voices of a turbulent time
Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alban Berg, and Richard Strauss are at the center of this special song evening. Their works tell of love, loss, longing, and inner movement. Soprano Silke Warwitz, tenor Manuel Warwitz, and pianist Amalgun Klychmuradova present the musical miniatures with a cast that highlights the immediate character of the art song.
Between song art and literature
The songs are framed by appropriate poems and quotes from the time. Texts by Stefan Zweig and Hermann Hesse enhance the atmosphere and allow the cultural world of Vienna's fin de siècle to emerge in the mind's eye. This creates a concert experience in which language and music act like two interlocking voices.
Selected highlights of the program
The program includes, among others, Gustav Mahler's I Have Lost Track of the World and If You Love for Beauty as well as Richard Strauss’ Morning. The song evening is complemented by two solo piano pieces by Johannes Brahms, an important musical pioneer of the era. The orchestration remains entrusted to the piano: its harmonic colors carry the voices, set emotional accents, and create space for precise text interpretation.
A focused stage performance with a break
The musical dramaturgy leads through different facets of Viennese modernism. Lyrical lines meet dramatic arcs of tension, intimate moments meet powerful outbursts. A break divides the evening and gives the audience the opportunity to let the impressions of this multifaceted program resonate. The concert is expected to end around 21:15.
Conclusion: An evening for sound, word, and strong emotions
Mad Love promises an atmospheric song evening between late romantic sound language, literary reflection, and intense stage presence. Those who want to experience Mahler, Strauss, Berg, and the cultural history of Vienna around 1900 live will find an evening full of musical depth and emotional contrasts in the Chiemsee Hall. Admission is free, donations are welcome; reservation of seats is recommended.
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