Iván Fischer conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Mahler’s Seventh Symphony.
About this concert
Under the baton of honorary guest conductor Iván Fischer, the Concertgebouw Orchestra will be performing Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 7. Follow the composer as he goes through a process of purification and catharsis. The development of the ‘hero’ begins in the Seventh Symphony with a fluctuation between contrasting emotions and, after mysterious nocturnal visions in the central movements, erupts into triumphant victory in the Finale. At the very end Mahler sets off a grand firework display with the full forces of the brass and percussion.
In 1909 Mahler conducted the Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Dutch premiere of his Seventh. The fickle symphony confused the press and public alike, but gradually Mahler’s Seventh Symphony gew into an audience favourite.
Mahler sets off a grand firework display with the full forces of the brass and percussion.
