Abonnementkonzert V

Program

Harrison Birtwistle 

DONUM SIMONI MMXVIII. A GIFT FOR SIMON  2018 for Woodwind, Brass and Percussion

(German premiere)

Gustav Mahler

SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN D MAJOR

Dates

Harrison Birtwistle, the face and voice of contemporary British music, wrote a short, intensive piece for woodwind and percussion in 2018 and dedicated it to Simon Rattle. Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 is monumental and stands at the crossroads between late Romanticism and New Music. Composed just before the collapse of the »Old World« in the lead-up to the First World War, Mahler’s highly expressive music foreshadowed coming events, even if the past was also vividly invoked in the score.

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