On tour: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mahler

Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 at BOZAR

On tour: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mahler
Under the baton of its artistic partner Klaus Mäkelä, the Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony, at Brussels’ BOZAR.
A Mahler symphony performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra and its artistiek partner Klaus Mäkelä is a downright sensation.

Concert programme

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 'Titan'

Performers

About this concert

When Gustav Mahler came to Amsterdam to conduct the Dutch premiere of his First Symphony in 1903, a close collaboration started – so began the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s much-vaunted Mahler tradition. Klaus Mäkelä steps into that tradition with respect and self-confidence. He previously gave stunning interpretations of the Sixth and the Third, now it is time for the First, which he calls Mahler's 'pastoral’ symphony: ‘I’ve always been attracted to its imaginative beauty, and its freshness. The expression is extremely clear, and it contains all the elements of his later work.’   

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About this concert

When Gustav Mahler came to Amsterdam to conduct the Dutch premiere of his First Symphony in 1903, a close collaboration started – so began the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s much-vaunted Mahler tradition. Klaus Mäkelä steps into that tradition with respect and self-confidence. He previously gave stunning interpretations of the Sixth and the Third, now it is time for the First, which he calls Mahler's 'pastoral’ symphony: ‘I’ve always been attracted to its imaginative beauty, and its freshness. The expression is extremely clear, and it contains all the elements of his later work.’   

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