musicAeterna concert: Mahler. Symphony No. 5

Program

Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911)
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (1902)

1. Trauermarsch. Im gemessenen Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt | At a measured pace. Strict. Like a funeral procession
2. Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz | Moving stormily. With the greatest vehemence
3. Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell | Strong and not too fast
4. Adagietto. Sehr langsam | Very slow
5. Rondo-Finale. Allegro, Allegro giocoso

Details

The musicAeterna Orchestra conducted by Teodor Currentzis performs Gustav Mahler’s Symphony №5, a work that has become the manifesto of the great symphonist’s mature style. In this orchestral cycle, Mahler abandoned the use of words and an extra-musical programme. Human existential experience with its despair and hopes, love and loneliness, revelling in the beauty of the world and dread of its ruthlessness is conveyed by means of music alone.