Staatskapelle Berlin

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Seating Chart)
Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 2 PM

Program

Program Notes

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PROMOTIONAL TEXT

“subtle orchestral colors and thrilling nuances”—Observer

Mahler’s final years were overshadowed by three events during 1907: the death of his four-year-old daughter, his unhappy departure from the Vienna Court Opera, and the diagnosis of a fatal heart condition. His last complete symphony is open to many interpretations, including either hard-won acceptance or nostalgic farewell to life’s joys and sorrows. With its tonality-at-the-brink harmonies, bravura nods to Bach, and bittersweet final Adagio, this extraordinary music defies easy analysis.

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Program Details

Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, Music Director and Conductor

MAHLER	Symphony No. 9 in D Major
Perspectives: Daniel Barenboim
Program is approximately 1 hour, 20 minutes, and will be performed without intermission.

Mahler: The Symphonies in Sequence

Gustav Mahler once famously declared, “the symphony must be like the world, it must embrace everything.” In this introduction to Mahler’s symphonies, trace his lifelong creative path from the exuberant Romanticism of his First Symphony to the haunted music of his last.

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