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Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

Date & Time
Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 20:00
Under conductor Ingo Metzmacher, the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester combines microtonal orchestral music with cosmic late Romanticism – and, in Anton Bruckner, Richard Wagner and Luigi Nono, three of the most headstrong characters in musical history.

Keywords: Musikfest Berlin, Symphony Concert, Young Musicians

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Musicians

Gustav Mahler JugendorchesterOrchestra
Ingo MetzmacherConductor
Martin WilkeningReferent

Program

Parsifal: PreludeRichard Wagner
A Carlo Scarpa, architetto, ai suoi infiniti possibiliLuigi Nono
Parsifal: Good Friday MusicRichard Wagner
Symphony No. 3 in D minorAnton Bruckner
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