Orchestra Concert

Mahler 5

Film music and more: Mahler's Fifth and violin serenades by Sibelius

12/2

Saturday | 12/02/2023
7:30 pm Start of Concert

The concert introduction in the event hall of the Central Library (1st floor) begins one hour before the concert.
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Floor Plan
59 | 49 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 20 €
9 € Young people

12/3

Sunday | 12/03/2023
11:00 am Start of Concert

The concert introduction in the event hall of the Central Library (1st floor) begins one hour before the concert.
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Floor Plan
59 | 49 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 20 €
9 € Young people

About the Concert

Tickets for these and other events will go on sale on 21 JUNE, as will election tickets for the coming season.

"The Fifth is a cursed work. No one caps it," Gustav Mahler wrote in his diary. Today it is one of his most popular and best-known symphonies. This is certainly also due to the fact that Visconti used its slow movement in his film "Death in Venice". And at the latest since the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra recorded this music with Cate Blanchett for the film TÁR, many consider it to be one of the classics of late Romantic symphonic music.
Pekka Kuusisto began playing the violin at the age of three and won the International Sibelius Competition at 16. Since then, he has been at home on the classical concert podiums. But his interests go far beyond classical music; he also plays jazz, folk and electronic music. Just the right person to play Thomas Adès' "Fairy Tale Dances", which oscillate between minimal music and folk.

Program

Thomas Adès
Dances from Fairytale – "Märchentänze"

Gustav Mahler
Sinfonie Nr.5 cis-Moll

Jean Sibelius
Serenade für Violine und Orchester Nr. 2 g-Moll Op. 69b
Serenade für Violine und Orchester Nr. 1 d-Moll Op. 69a

Contributer

Nicholas Collon
Conductor
Pekka Kuusisto
Violin
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Nicholas Collon

British conductor Nicholas Collon is known for his elegant conducting style, his search for musical intellect and inspiring music-making. He is the first non-Finn to become chief conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony in 2021. In his first season, his focus will be on works by Stravinsky, contemporary Finnish composers including Lotte Wennäkoski, and a close collaboration with Thomas Adès.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top class!
That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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