Mahler & Freud: A Viennese Encounter
Jewish Book Week
| Raffaello Morales | speaker |
|---|---|
| Chen Reiss | soprano |
| Norman Lebrecht | chair |
Enjoy a performance from acclaimed soprano Chen Reiss intermingled with a discussion of the Vienna of Mahler and Freud in this special event from Jewish Book Week.
Raffaello Morales, founder of London’s Fidelio Café and conductor of the Fidelio Orchestra, joins renowned critic and cultural historian Norman Lebrecht, whose works on Mahler explore Jewish creativity and fin-de-siècle Vienna. Together they discuss The Earth to the Skies, Morales’s atmospheric novel rooted in the worlds of Mahler and Freud at a moment when art, psychology, and identity were being reinvented. The conversation is accompanied by acclaimed soprano Chen Reiss, performing songs from Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.
Sponsored by the Rosefield Family
This event will last approximately 1 hour, with no interval.
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Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
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Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
Raffaello Morales
Raffaello Morales, roman by birth, trained as a classical pianist and as a physicist. He pursued postgraduate studies in theoretical physics and holds a PhD in applied mathematics from King’s College London. He worked as a quantitative risk manager for JP Morgan Chase for a number of years and picked up conducting in the same years, starting the bank’s orchestra, which went on to perform around the City of London on a number of occasions. In 2019 he founded Fidelio, with its associated Fidelio Cafe and Fidelio Orchestra. The Earth to the Skies is his debut novel.
Chen Reiss
With “a voice of silver brightness and clarity” (Bachtrack) with “immaculately produced and enticing tone matched by superb musicianship” (Opera News), soprano Chen Reiss came to prominence as a member of the ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera and as resident artist at the Vienna State Opera.
Norman Lebrecht
Norman Lebrecht is the author of fifteen works of non-fiction, including Genius and Anxiety, and the international bestsellers The Maestro Myth, Why Mahler? and The Life and Death of Classical Music, which have been translated into seventeen languages. His first novel, The Song of Names, is now an award-winning film. He writes a monthly essay for The Critic and presents The Lebrecht Interview on BBC Radio 3.