Titan

In the organizer's words:

Program
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir
Metacosmos
2018
Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto for cello and orchestra
No. 1 in A minor op. 33
1872
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan"
1884-88

Instrumentation
Gautier Capuçon Violoncello
Andrés Orozco-Estrada Conductor

When the original version of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 was performed for the first time in 1889, the ladies' handbags fell off their laps in shock. Critics outdid each other in ridicule and malice and described the work as a failure. Mahler, apparently less frustrated than motivated by this, then presented the version seven years later that is now perhaps the most popular of Mahler's symphonies, often performed and much loved. "Spring and no end!" noted the composer. And indeed: a cosmos of immense variety opens up, folk song and bird sounds, funeral march and ländler, glaring visions and heavenly peace come together. A perfect response to a dazzling sound festival by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir. She also creates her own universe and brings peace and chaos, ice and embers, man and nature into balance. The soloist in Camille Saint-Saëns' 1st Cello Concerto must not lose this balance under any circumstances; he must be absolutely free from giddiness and sure-footed on the high wire of virtuosity. No problem for the famous French cellist Gautier Capuçon. He and Gürzenich conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada are already a well-rehearsed, celebrated team in this brilliant bravura piece.

Price information:

Young adults: 9€ tickets (small contingent)