On tour: Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler
Widmann’s trumpet concerto Towards Paradise and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4
Andris Nelsons conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, featuring star soprano Christiane Karg. Håkan Hardenberger is the soloist in Jörg Widmann’s trumpet concerto, Towards Paradise.
In the final part, soprano Christiane Karg transports us to heaven as seen through the eyes of a child.
Concert programme
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Jörg Widmann
Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI)
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-- interval --
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4
Performers
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Andris Nelsons
conductor
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Håkan Hardenberger
trumpet
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Christiane Karg
soprano
About this concert
We are happy to welcome Andris Nelsons back to our orchestra. He will be conducting two large-scale works which both find resolution in a timeless, heavenly vision. Mahler’s lightest and airiest symphony, the Fourth, is also one of his most popular works. Indeed, it has been a part of our repertoire since 1904, when the composer himself conducted the Dutch premiere. Now we get the opportunity to experience Andris Nelsons’ interpretation of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. In the final part, German soprano Christiane Karg transports us to heaven as seen through the eyes of a child.
Before the interval, it is the trumpet virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger who takes us on a journey to paradise. Jörg Widmann's trumpet concerto Towards Paradise is a psychological quest, an erratic musical journey leading through hectic, anxious, loving and melancholic moments, until they gradually give way to breathtaking views.
Dates and tickets
About this concert
We are happy to welcome Andris Nelsons back to our orchestra. He will be conducting two large-scale works which both find resolution in a timeless, heavenly vision. Mahler’s lightest and airiest symphony, the Fourth, is also one of his most popular works. Indeed, it has been a part of our repertoire since 1904, when the composer himself conducted the Dutch premiere. Now we get the opportunity to experience Andris Nelsons’ interpretation of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. In the final part, German soprano Christiane Karg transports us to heaven as seen through the eyes of a child.
Before the interval, it is the trumpet virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger who takes us on a journey to paradise. Jörg Widmann's trumpet concerto Towards Paradise is a psychological quest, an erratic musical journey leading through hectic, anxious, loving and melancholic moments, until they gradually give way to breathtaking views.