Mahler Festival 2021

13 – 24 May 2021

MAH LER Festival in Leipzig

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MAHLER Festival in Leipzig

10 World-Class Orchestras

Renowned Soloists

Gewandhausorchester Andris Nelsons

Thomas Hampson Ying Fang, Bernarda Fink, Peter Mattei, Anna Lucia Richter, Gerhild Romberger, Andreas Schager, Michael Volle and many more Gewandhaus-Quartett, Herbert Schuch

Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons

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13 – 24 May 2021

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Daniele Gatti London Symphony Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir Markus Stenz Munich Philharmonic Valery Gergiev Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Fabio Luisi Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Sir Antonio Pappano Vienna Philharmonic Daniel Harding

Gustav Mahler’s complete symphonic and other works with ten world-class orchestras and leading Mahler interpreters in 12 days!

Explore Leipzig, the city of music, tracing Mahler’s footsteps: Gustav Mahler conducted the Gewandhausorchester here almost daily at the beginning of his career as Second Kapellmeister at Leipzig’s opera house. It is here that he met colleagues such as Peter Tchaikovsky and Richard Strauss, gained international fame, and composed his 1st Symphony.

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Essay

Why Leipzig?

For the second time, the Leipzig Gewandhaus is hosting a Mahler Festival. There are numerous reasons for this.

First of all, Leipzig has everything needed for a festival that brings together the best Mahler orchestras in the world to perform his complete symphonic works. The city also has the Gewandhausorchester at its disposal, as well as a fabulous sounding concert hall.

More importantly, however, is the role Leipzig played in Mahler’s life. The time in Leipzig was not long: In July 1886, Mahler, after being appointed to the Opera, moved to the Gottschedstrasse in Leipzig, staying in the house where Walter Ulbricht was born five years later. From February 1887 until his resignation in May 1888, Mahler lived at Gustav-Adolf-Strasse 12, which today bears a commemorative plaque.

Mahler spent almost two years as Kapellmeister at the Leipzig Opera. And this period, which sets Leipzig apart from Kassel, Prague, Budapest or Hamburg, played a decisive role in his artistic personality.

The young conductor-dervish, who was on the verge of becoming a star of the podium and at best sensed his vocation as a composer, worked in a city where the musical traditions of time converged. It was here that he matured into a symphonist. It was here that he began to grasp the underlying principles that later pushed him to the forefront of European music as principal conductor and director of the Vienna Court Opera and finally to the Met in New York. It was here that he became acquainted with prominent artists, received decisive impulses – and became accustomed to the fact that his uncompromising way of demanding quality yielded him more enemies than friends.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a source of inspiration for Mahler. Time and again he studied Bach’s scores in Leipzig and heard the Thomanerchor. And one

cannot overestimate the influence of Bach’s music on Gustav Mahler, even in his late works: The double-choir polyphony in the first part of the 8th Symphony shows influences of the Mass in B Minor and the St. Matthew Passion.

In Leipzig, Gustav Mahler composed most of the 1st Symphony and the beginning of the 2nd Symphony as well as the Wunderhorn-Lieder, all masterpieces from the height of the genre. It is no exaggeration to say that without the years in Leipzig the other symphonies would not have been composed the way we know and love them today.

It is here that he arranged Weber’s Die drei Pintos (The Three Pintos), his only compositional contribution to musical theater – if one does not count the second half of the 8th Symphony, this unstaged world theater, the abstract consummation of the music dramas by the Leipzig composer Richard Wagner. The interludes to the Pintos were Mahler’s first orchestral works to be performed in public.

Mahler conducted more than 180 performances in the opera house during his brief period in Leipzig.

The intensive work with the first world-class orchestra of his conducting career flowed directly into his own compositions because he kept the orchestra’s sound and capabilities at the back of his mind when seated at his desk to compose. It is, therefore, no coincidence that Mahler’s music fits perfectly with the tonal identity of the Gewandhausorchester.

The chief conductor of the opera at that time was Arthur Nikisch, one of the first demigods on the podium, the prototype of the modern conductor. Mahler mostly regarded him as an obstacle on the way to his ascension. Nikisch probably considered him a nonentity. Or a rival – both are not good among conductors. At any rate, the two could not stand each other. The youthful Mahler literally wanted to conduct everything at once, including the outstanding masterpieces. Above all, he wanted to conduct Richard Wagner’s Ring. He was granted the opportunity up to Siegfried, but only because Nikisch fell ill.

Despite the complicated relationship, Nikisch was the first to play Mahler’s symphonic music with the Gewandhausorchester and remained faithful to these works even after the composer’s death on 18 May 1911. In memory of Gustav Mahler, Arthur Nikisch gave a concert at the Gewandhaus on 2 November 1911. As Gewandhauskapellmeister, Bruno Walter – Nikisch’s second successor to the post and probably the composer’s closest artistic confi-

dant – finally established Leipzig as the international center of Mahler heritage in 1929, which remained as such until the time of the Nazi dictatorship.

Therefore Leipzig.

Peter Korfmacher

Orchestras

Gewandhausorchester Berliner Philharmoniker Andris Nelsons The Gewandhausorchester was founded in 1743 by 16 aristocrats and citizens as the concert society »Das Große Concert«. The Leipzig orchestra has been known as the »Gewandhausorchester« ever since it moved to the trade fair house of the city’s cloth merchants in 1781. Its unique timbre and wide-ranging repertoire are appreciated by listeners worldwide and are nurtured by the orchestra in well over 200 annual performances in the three venues where it performs. Since 1916, the orchestra has also made guest appearances around the world and regularly makes recordings for CD, DVD, radio, and television. Since February 2018, Andris Nelsons has been holding the post of 21st Gewandhauskapellmeister.

From 1886 to 1888, Gustav Mahler conducted the Gewandhausorchester almost daily as the second conductor of the Opera. Since Arthur Nikisch’s tenure as Gewandhauskapellmeister, Mahler’s symphonies have found their way into the orchestra’s repertoire. With Herbert Blomstedt, there was a greater emphasis on the theme of Mahler in the Gewandhaus, which culminated in the Mahler Festival with Riccardo Chailly in 2011.

Kirill Petrenko

The Berliner Philharmoniker, founded in 1882 as a self-governing orchestra, has ranked among the most important orchestras in the world for a long time now. Principal conductors such as Hans von Bülow, Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan shaped a unique sound aesthetic and performance culture. From October 1989, Claudio Abbado devised a new type of program, contrasting traditional programs with thematic cycles that included contemporary works alongside classical pieces. With the appointment of Sir Simon Rattle in 2002, the orchestra succeeded in attracting one of the most successful conductors of all time. Kirill Petrenko has been principal conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker since 2019.

Gustav Mahler conducted the orchestra on several occasions, including the world premiere of his 2nd Symphony and the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer).

16 MAY 2021

13/14 MAY 2021

21/23/24 MAY 2021

8 P.M. | GREAT HALL

8 P.M. | GREAT HALL

GREAT HALL

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor

Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major

Symphony No. 9 in D Major

6 P.M.

Royal Concertgebouw London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Fabio Luisi

Sir Simon Rattle

Time and again critics praise the unique sound of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. This is not only due to the musical excellence of the orchestra, which was founded in 1888, but also to the concert hall designed by the architect A. L. van Gendt, which was inspired by the Neues Gewandhaus in Leipzig and opened in 1884. To mark its 100th anniversary, Queen Beatrix bestowed the title Koninklijk (»Royal«) on the orchestra.

The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) was founded in 1904 as the first independent and self-governing orchestra in England and has resided in the City of London’s Barbican Hall since 1982. Already in the early 1920s, the LSO was a sought-after orchestra for the accompaniment of a series of silent film performances, and in 1935 recorded the first of over 340 film soundtracks.

Mahler conducted four of his symphonies in Amsterdam. The conductor Willem Mengelberg, who played a formative role in the Concertgebouw Orchestra during his long tenure from 1895 to 1945, was a friend of Mahler. He received important interpretative impulses from Mahler himself and is regarded as an important Mahler interpreter.

15 MAY 2021 8 P.M. GREAT HALL

Kindertotenlieder Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

Furthermore, the world-class orchestra has regularly collaborated with popular contemporary artists such as Whitney Houston, Frank Zappa, and Paul McCartney. As a result of this extensive recording activity, the LSO is today recognized as the orchestra with the highest number of recordings worldwide.

In 2018, Sir Simon Rattle followed the ranks of renowned conductors such as Arthur Nikisch, Willem Mengelberg and Valery Gergiev as Music Director.

16 MAY 2021 11 A.M. GREAT HALL

Symphony No. 6 in A Minor

Interview

»It all started with the First Symphony!« Mahler’s music has a special meaning for Andris Nelsons. The Gewandhauskapellmeister describes his life and career with Mahler’s symphonies from his first encounter to his interpretations with the Gewandhausorchester and shares his thoughts on this music with Gewandhaus Dramaturg Ann-Katrin Zimmermann.

Do you remember your first encounter with Mahler’s music?

That came relatively late when I was 11. At that time, I had begun playing the trumpet and practiced martial arts like Taekwondo. In addition to the physical activity, I was interested in the philosophy, psychology, self-discipline and mysticism associated with martial arts, and I began searching for music for meditation. During the Soviet era it was hard to get recordings. A friend told me about a cassette with music that started with natural sounds, birdsongs and the like. He gave it to me – and that was Mahler’s First Symphony! I was thrilled by this mystical sense of nature at the beginning, this »Misterioso«! It quickly became clear to me that one of the greatest composers of all was behind these sounds. Then I got to know all of Mahler’s symphonies, playing them on the trumpet, studying the scores and listening to recordings. But it all started with the First Symphony!

And as a conductor?

As a Latvian, I find singing essential. As a conductor, my path with Mahler therefore began with the 2nd Symphony, where the choir plays a vital role at the end. The same applies to the 8th Symphony, which I also conducted often and quite early.

Then it is certainly no coincidence that you will be performing these two symphonies with the Gewandhausorchester at the 2021 Mahler Festival in Leipzig?

That was a joint decision in the team. First of all, we took the wishes of our guests into consideration. Outstanding orchestras and conductors from all over the world are invited, all of whom have a special relationship to Mahler. We asked

them which works they would like to contribute to the 2nd Mahler Festival in Leipzig. In the end, the festival line-up came together like a puzzle – and I am happy to be able to present the 2nd and 8th Symphony with the Gewandhausorchester. Overall, I am really looking forward to this festival: fabulous orchestras will join together in our Gewandhaus Hall to dedicate themselves to these great symphonies. We will be spending these days together, exchanging ideas and attending each other’s performances... We are meeting here in Leipzig to celebrate Mahler and his music as well as to offer the Leipzigers and their guests the opportunity to get to know fantastic artists. At the same time, our guests – musicians, music lovers, Mahler enthusiasts, tourists – have the chance to experience Leipzig, this wonderful city of music,

which I have so taken to my heart. I am proud to welcome everyone here. Leipzig is not only a city of Bach and Mendelssohn. Mahler and many other composers have also spent an important part of their lives here. Not only will our guests in Leipzig be able to hear all of Mahler’s symphonies from leading orchestras in the world in a very short time, they will also be able to visit the house where Mahler lived while he was Second Kapellmeister at the Opera, follow Mahler’s footsteps and search for traces of his persona.

The fact that the various interpreters of Mahler’s symphonies take on different themes promises fascinatingly different approaches to his music.

Absolutely. Each orchestra has its history, tradition, and style of playing. You assume this as a conductor and at the same time let your own wealth of experience flow into it. What finally happens when you rehearse and perform a symphony together with an orchestra remains an inexplicable miracle. From performance to performance, from day to day, the interpretation changes. The heart beats differently every day...

Mahler calls for an enormous range of styles: popular music, military music, lied… ... and it is possible to trace his life through the compositions. Time and again his Bohemian nature comes to light. The next moment his music sounds Viennese, then suddenly Jewish roots become noticeable. Extreme events often collide: on one side of the street a funeral march passes by, while on the other side there is lively activity underway. Such tensions give rise to drama as well as irony and sarcasm in his music. Mahler was an extraordinarily gifted and at the same time a difficult person. When you read his affectionate love letters, you can hardly believe that they came from the same person who could be so irascible, relentless and hard.

Do the contradictions of his character and the global scope of his timeless themes, from death and transience to love and divine joy, explain why his music appeals directly to so many people at different times?

Personally, I believe that our time – which is rocked by harsh contrasts, in which much is false, or »fake«, in which both horrible and encouraging things happen – needs composers like Mahler. His music reflects this entire spectrum. It is directed at every single musician in the orchestra, at every single listener in the audience. This moment in which we encounter music directly, in which we allow ourselves to be moved and touched by it is decisive. Everyone can express his or her thoughts, feelings, cares and happiness with the music. The result is a tremendously intimate, trusting community between you, the composer and the music. Isn’t that wonderful?

Orchestras

Vienna Philharmonic Daniel Harding

Throughout its 176 years of existence, the famous »Viennese sound« has been repeatedly acclaimed as a signature feature of the Vienna Philharmonic.

The decision to organize »Philharmonic Concerts« independently of the theater service in artistic and entrepreneurial autonomy is still unique today and is a pillar of the fundamental democratic structure of the Vienna Philharmonic, which places all artistic and organizational decisions in the hands of its orchestra members. In 1933, the Vienna Philharmonic moved to invite guest conductors, which enabled them to stage a wide range of artistic endeavors.

Mahler conducted the Vienna Philharmonic as director of the Vienna Court Opera from 1897 to 1907.

After Mahler’s death, the orchestra premiered two of his works: the 9th Symphony under Bruno Walter and the unfinished 10th Symphony under Franz Schalk.

20 MAY 2021 8 P.M.

Munich Philharmonic Valery Gergiev

Since its inception in 1893, the Munich Philharmonic has enriched Munich’s musical scene under the direction of renowned conductors. Even in the early years of the orchestra, conductors such as Hans Winderstein, Hermann Zumpe, and Bruckner’s pupil Ferdinand Löwe guaranteed a high standard of artistic performance. With Felix Weingartner, who conducted the orchestra from 1898 to 1905, the orchestra’s international reputation increased through numerous trips abroad.

Mahler often made guest appearances in Munich and premiered his 4th and 8th symphonies with the Philharmonic, then known as the »Konzertvereins-Orchester.« Bruno Walter conducted the posthumous Munich premiere of Das Lied von der Erde.

In Leipzig, you can experience what the orchestra sounds like under its current chief conductor Valery Gergiev.

19 MAY 2021 8 P.M.

GREAT HALL

GREAT HALL

Rückert-Lieder Symphony No. 1 in D Major

Symphony No. 4 in G Major Das Lied von der Erde

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons

Founded in 1949 by Eugen Jochum, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra quickly developed into an internationally acclaimed orchestra whose fame spread rapidly thanks in no small part to its extensive touring.

New music plays a particularly important role for the orchestra. Here, Munich audiences have experienced legendary performances of contemporary works, in which the composers usually stood at the orchestra’s podium, including Igor Stravinsky, Darius Milhaud, Paul Hindemith, and Pierre Boulez.

As the only German orchestra to have collaborated with Leonard Bernstein over many years, it will be performing Mahler’s 3rd Symphony in D minor in Leipzig under the direction of Mariss Jansons.

17 MAY 2021

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Sir Antonio Pappano Founded in 1548 by Elector Moritz of Saxony, the Staatskapelle Dresden is one of the oldest orchestras in the world with a rich tradition. Ever since it was founded, distinguished conductors and internationally acclaimed instrumentalists have shaped the history of the former court orchestra. Its conductors included Heinrich Schütz, Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner, who described the orchestra as his »miraculous harp«.

Richard Strauss was a close friend of the Staatskapelle for more than 60 years. Nine of his operas, including Salome, Elektra, and Der Rosenkavalier, were premiered in Dresden.

In 2007 the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden was the only orchestra in Brussels to receive the »Prize of the European Cultural Foundation for the Preservation of the Musical World Cultural Heritage«.

22 MAY 2021

8 P.M.

8 P.M.

GREAT HALL

GREAT HALL

Symphony No. 3 in D Minor

Symphony No. 7 in E Minor

Orchestras

MDR Symphony Orchestra Markus Stenz

The oldest radio orchestra in Germany presents itself as one of the most lively and innovative orchestras in Europe.

In addition to its constant presence in the media, the orchestra also performs more than 50 concerts per season in the coverage area of MDR, the Central German Broadcasting Corporation.

The MDR Symphony Orchestra has its roots in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia – in a region whose musical landscape has been shaped by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Kurt Weill.

The orchestra carries the innovative spirit of these composers into the present: new music and cross-genre concert formats are just as integral to the orchestra as lively performances of traditional repertoire.

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Daniele Gatti

The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester was founded in 1986/87 in Vienna on the initiative of Claudio Abbado. It is regarded as the world’s leading youth orchestra and was awarded a prize by the European Cultural Foundation in 2007.

In addition to promoting young talent, Abbado was keen to encourage the joint playing of music by young Austrian musicians with colleagues from the former Czechoslovakia and Hungary. As the first international youth orchestra, the GMJO succeeded in holding free auditions in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc.

As a pan-European youth orchestra, the GMJO sits under the patronage of the Council of Europe.

23 MAY 2021

18 MAY 2021

11 A.M.

8 P.M.

GREAT HALL

GREAT HALL

Todtenfeier Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Das klagende Lied

Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp Major (Version by Deryck Cooke)

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City tour »Gustav Mahler in Leipzig«: On 14, 15, 16, 21 and 22 May, city tours in German and English will take place at 11 a.m. The guided tours will start at the Leipzig Tourist Information, Katharinenstraße 8, 04109 Leipzig.

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Mahler Festival Calendar THU

13 MAY 2021 8 P.M. GREAT HALL

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (»Resurrection«)

Gewandhausorchester Andris Nelsons Ying Fang Soprano Bernarda Fink Alto MDR Radio Choir 160/130/100/80/50/20 EUR

FRI

14 MAY 2021

City Tour »Gustav Mahler in Leipzig« (DE/ENG)

14 EUR

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (»Resurrection«)

Gewandhausorchester Andris Nelsons Ying Fang Soprano Bernada Fink Alto MDR Radio Choir

11 A.M. FRI

14 MAY 2021 8 P.M. G R E AT H A L L

160/130/100/80/50/20 EUR

City Tour »Gustav Mahler in Leipzig« (DE/ENG)

14 EUR

Chamber Music »Gustav Mahler and his contemporaries« Works by Gustav Mahler, Robert Fuchs and Alexander von Zemlinsky

Herbert Schuch piano Gewandhaus-Quartett

Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder — Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Fabio Luisi Peter Mattei Baritone

SAT

Gustav Mahler in Film

7 EUR

10:30 P.M.

A new Mahler film, with an introduction beforehand by Thomas Hampson

SAT

15 MAY 2021 11 A.M. SAT

15 MAY 2021 3 P.M. M E N DE L S S OH N H A L L

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15 MAY 2021 8 P.M. G R E AT H A L L

15 MAY 2021 M E N DE L S S OH N H A L L SUN

16 MAY 2021 16 MAY 2021 11 A.M.

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Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A Minor (»Tragic«)

London Symphony Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle

City Tour »Gustav Mahler in Leipzig« (DE/ENG)

14 EUR

11 A.M. GREAT HALL SUN

30/25 EUR

160/130/100/80/50/20 EUR

SUN

16 MAY 2021

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D Major

Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons Gerhild Romberger Alto Women’s Choir of the Bavarian Radio Augsburger Domsingknaben

6 P.M. GREAT HALL MON

17 MAY 2021 8 P.M. GREAT HALL

180/140/110/80/50/20 EUR

160/130/100/80/50/20 EUR TUE

18 MAY 2021 8 P.M. GREAT HALL WED

19 MAY 2021 8 P.M. GREAT HALL

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp Major (Version by Deryck Cooke)

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Daniele Gatti

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major — Das Lied von der Erde

Munich Philharmonic Valery Gergiev Anna Lucia Richter Soprano N.N. Alto Andreas Schager Tenor

100/80/60/45/30/15 EUR

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20 MAY 2021 8 P.M. GREAT HALL

FRI

21 MAY 2021

Gustav Mahler Rückert-Lieder — Symphony No. 1 in D Major

Vienna Philharmonic Daniel Harding Thomas Hampson Baritone

City Tour »Gustav Mahler in Leipzig« (DE/ENG)

14 EUR

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major (»Symphony of a Thousand«)

Gewandhausorchester Andris Nelsons Erin Wall Soprano (Magna Peccatrix) Jacquelyn Wagner Soprano (Una poenitentium) Ying Fang Soprano (Mater gloriosa) Lioba Braun Mezzosopran (Mulier Samaritana) Bernarda Fink Mezzosoprano (Maria Aegyptiaca) Pavel Černoch Tenor (Doctor Marianus) Adrian Eröd Baritone (Pater ecstaticus) N.N. Bass (Pater profundus) MDR Radio Choir GewandhausChor Gewandhaus Children’s Choir

180/140/110/80/50/20 EUR

11 A.M. FRI

21 MAY 2021 8 P.M. GREAT HALL

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Mahler Festival Calendar SAT

City Tour »Gustav Mahler in Leipzig« (DE/ENG)

14 EUR

SAT

Mahler lieder today

25/20 EUR

3 P.M.

Master class with Thomas Hampson

22 MAY 2021 11 A.M.

22 MAY 2021 M E N DE L S S OH N H A L L SAT

22 MAY 2021

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7 in E Minor

8 P.M. GREAT HALL

160/130/100/80/50/20 EUR

SAT

Gustav Mahler in Film

10 P.M.

A new Mahler film, with an introduction beforehand by Thomas Hampson

22 MAY 2021 M E N DE L S S OH N H A L L SUN

23 MAY 2021 11 A.M. GREAT HALL

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23 MAY 2021 8 P.M. GREAT HALL

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24 MAY 2021 11 A.M. M E N DE L S S OH N H A L L

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24 MAY 2021 8 P.M. GREAT HALL

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Sir Antonio Pappano

7 EUR

Gustav Mahler Todtenfeier — Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen — Das klagende Lied (revised version 1898 in two movements)

MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra Markus Stenz Chen Reiss Soprano Sophie Harmsen Alto Attilio Glaser Tenor Michael Volle Baritone MDR Radio Choir

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major (»Symphony of a Thousand«)

Gewandhausorchester Andris Nelsons Soloists and choirs: see 21 May 2019

Lieder matinee »Gustav Mahler and his contemporaries« Lieder by Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Arnold Schönberg and others.

Thomas Hampson Baritone/Moderation Wolfram Rieger Piano

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major (»Symphony of a Thousand«)

Gewandhausorchester Andris Nelsons Soloists and choirs: see 21 May 2019

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Before each orchestra concert, we cordially invite you to our pre-concert talks.