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Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

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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

Info & Ticket (www.berliner-philharmoniker.de)
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Musicians

Gustav Mahler JugendorchesterOrchestra
Ingo MetzmacherConductor
Martin WilkeningReferent

Program

Richard WagnerParsifal: Prelude
Luigi NonoA Carlo Scarpa, architetto, ai suoi infiniti possibili
Richard WagnerParsifal: Good Friday Music
Anton BrucknerSymphony No. 3 in D minor
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