Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - BRSO

Daniel Harding

Monday
22
May 2023
8:00 pm
Leipzig, Gewandhaus
Tour
Wednesday
24
May 2023
8:00 pm
Prague, Smetana Saal (Municipal House)
Tour
Friday
26
May 2023
8:15 pm
Amsterdam, Concertgebouw
Tour

Programme

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 7 in E Minor

Performers

Daniel Harding conductor
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Daniel Harding © Julian Hargreaves

Information about the programme

Night walk with Daniel Harding: in the somber Funeral March, Gustav Mahler’s shadowy, gloomy Seventh Symphony emerges as “the psychogram of a compulsive existence” (Wolfgang Stähr). Nachtmusik I, characterized by a horn duet, casts a wistful glance into bygone times; the Scherzo acquires a restless, spooky character; and Nachtmusik II becomes a nocturnal serenade especially through the presence of a guitar and a mandolin, instruments rarely found in an orchestra. After the eerie nocturnal atmosphere of the previous movements, the work’s gigantic finale transports the listener towards the light – a change of mood that left the audience attending the work’s premiere somewhat perplexed. Today, Mahler’s Seventh is considered a masterpiece of symphonic form, as will be exemplified in Mahler specialist Daniel Harding’s performance.

Further concerts

Sat, 10 Jun, 8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Max Joseph Saal
Raymond Curfs © BR\Astrid Ackermann
Chamber Concert
Works by Arensky and Shostakovich
Thu, 15 Jun, 8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Thomas Søndergård © Martin Bubandt
Thomas Søndergård & Augustin Hadelich
Works by Sibelius, Ligeti and Dvořák
Fri, 23 Jun, 8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Peter Eötvös © BR\Astrid Ackermann
Peter Eötvös
A feast of sound for Helmut Lachenmann
Fri, 30 Jun, 8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal
Christian Thielemann © Matthias Creutziger
Christian Thielemann
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major