Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons Dirigent
Date & Time
Fri, Feb 21, 2025, 19:30A lively hunting king scares away the game with his boastful pelvic roar, but demands a solitary violin beauty, beginning a tale of murder, percussion-slaying, grave desecration, miraculous revival through brass chorales, gruesome revenge, and a pompous wedding. Dvořák's music expresses the full spectrum of emotions from thrilling rhythms and orchestral colors to tender harp-woodwind love episodes, dramatic fortissimo fury, dark bass abysses, and uplifting melodies. Mahler's 4th Symphony leads into a hellish heaven three years later, with diabolical otherworldly scenarios humorously conjured by the Wunderhorn song "Das himmlische Leben". While hypocritical saints merrily slaughter, Death grabs a detuned violin from the fiddle-filled sky. After experiencing these fable purgatories and hellish heavens, you might conclude Earth is quite comfortable, especially as it's blessed with Mahler and Dvořák's music.A summary from original text in German | Read the original
Keywords: Symphony Concert, Vocal Music
Musicians
Gewandhausorchester | Orchestra |
Andris Nelsons | Conductor |
Christiane Karg | Soprano |
Program
Das goldene Spinnrad – Sinfonische Dichtung op. 109 | Antonín Dvořák |
4. Sinfonie G-Dur | Gustav Mahler |