Friday, 14_12_2018 8 p.m. | Philharmonie im Gasteig
| 2nd Subscription Concert C
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Saturday, 15_12_2018 7 p.m. | Philharmonie im Gasteig | 3rd Subscription Concert D | with Introduction | Save date
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Saturday, 15_12_2018 7 p.m. | Philharmonie im Gasteig | 3rd Subscription Concert D | with Introduction | Save date
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Gustav Mahler
Military music and trumpet calls, the sounds of nature and cow bells, funeral march and wooden mallet – there is hardly any kind of music or any instrument missing from the symphonies of Gustav Mahler (born on July 7, 1860 in the Czech town of... more
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Gustav Mahler´s Fourth Symphony is certainly his most classical one in terms of dimensions, orchestration and stylistic approach. It was written in 1889 and 1900 in his summer refuge in Maiernigg on the Wörthersee. Its basic mood is through and...
moreIntermission
Gustav Mahler
Military music and trumpet calls, the sounds of nature and cow bells, funeral march and wooden mallet – there is hardly any kind of music or any instrument missing from the symphonies of Gustav Mahler (born on July 7, 1860 in the Czech town of... more
"Das Lied von der Erde" ("The Song of the Earth")
Ludwig van Beethoven was able to complete nine symphonies, and Anton Bruckner died while working on his ninth, and so it´s no wonder that the occasionally highly superstitious Gustav Mahler was befallen by a certain uneasiness after the completion of...
moreValery Gergiev, Conductor
Born in Moscow, Valery Gergiev initially studied conducting under Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory. While still a student, he won the Herbert von Karajan conducting competition in Berlin. In 1978, aged 24, Valery Gergiev became assistant... more
Anna Lucia Richter, Soprano
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Mezzo-Soprano
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner ist crutned among the leading Mezzo-sopranos of our time. Recent highlights include her performances of Fricka (Rheingold/Walküre) at the 2017 Bayreuth Festival as well as this season at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Further... more
Andreas Schager, Tenor
The Austrian heldentenor, Andreas Schager, initiated his career in the lyric Mozart and operetta roles, before developing into the heroic roles of Wagner and Strauss in 2011.
Schager regularly works at major houses and festivals worldwide such as... more