Maurice Béjart has created many ballets based on the music of Gustav Mahler: Le Chant du compagnon errant, Ce que l’Amour me dit, Ce que la Mort me dit, Adagietto, A force de partir je suis resté chez moi…(Song of a Wayfarer, What Love Tells Me, What Death Tells Me, Adagietto, By dint of leaving I stayed at home).

In Liebe und Tod, the choreographer took a “Lied” which had already been put to dance: Wo die schönen Trompetten blasen, and matched it with a new creation for Gil Roman: La Mort du tambour (The Death of the Drum). The latter is choreographed on Der Tamboursg’sell, another “Lied” by Mahler taken from the collection titled Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

MUSICAL REFERENCES

Gustav Mahler

Album: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Great Recordings of the Century ; Director: George Szell ; Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ; Record: EMI Classics

Titres

• Der Tamboursg’sell
• Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen