Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig – Mahler’s Symphony No. 2
About this event
At Leipzig’s International Mahler Festival, to mark the centenary of Mahler’s death, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Riccardo Chailly performed his monumental Second Symphony in the Gewandhaus – together with two superb soloists and unparalleled choral forces. About the final movement the composer said: “The increasing tension, working up to the final climax, is so tremendous that I don’t know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it.”
“… the clarity, range and depth of sound, allied to the exceptional quality of the singing and playing, are certain to impress.” – Gramophone Magazine
“… the bright tone of the strings, the slightly dry timbre of the brass and the delicacy of the woodwinds all illuminate this ‘Resurrection’ Symphony.” – Diapason
Programme
Concert – approx. 95 min
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