Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra – Mahler’s Symphony No. 9

About this event

Claudio Abbado and his hand-picked players of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra take their acclaimed Mahler cycle to a new level with this performance of the most complex and compelling of the symphonies, the intense, searching Ninth. Abbado brings all his renowned clarity of vision and the experience of a lifetime to this contradictory music – half valedictory, half life-affirming – and his “orchestra of soloists”, including some of the leading instrumentalists of our time, revels in the transparent textures and virtuosity of Mahler’s last completed symphony.

“A rendition … of astonishing depth and subtlety” (Daily Telegraph).

“No one will want to deprive themselves of such a radical experience.” – Diapason d’Or (June 2011)

“ … the mixture of close-ups and wide shots in the final rituals is superb as ever from this team. Finest concert DVD ever? I think so.” – BBC Music Magazine

“ (…) this Ninth, which can only be described as unmissable.” –  Gramophone Magazine

A HD production of Accentus Music in co-production with ZDF/Arte.

This stream is available to watch until December 31, 2023.

Programme

1. Concert – approx. 95 min 

Repertoire

1. Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major

This concert was recorded live in August 2010 at the Concert Hall in the KKL Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland.

This event was recorded live at Concert Hall in the KKL Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Available until Sun, Dec 31, 2023