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A Child in Heaven – Documentary – Mahler Festival Online

The Fourth Symphony is the last of Mahler’s four so called Wunderhorn symphonies. Mahler’s most light hearted symphony begins with the ringing of sleighbells and takes his hero and us on a journey to heaven. Conductor Iván Fischer: ‘Mahler is not interested in a sensuous love, but in a divine love’. A story told by […]

Het Concertgebouw

11 mei 2020

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Composing the Universe – Documentary – Mahler Festival Online

The Third Symphony is Mahler’s longest piece and even the longest symphony in the standard repertoire. Mahler becomes ‘an instrument upon which the universe plays’. He listens to the flowers, the trees, the animals, mankind, the angels and finally he listens to ‘what love tells me’. A story told by Mahler scholar Morten Solvik, conductors […]

Het Concertgebouw

10 mei 2020

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A conversation with Martha Nussbaum

Prof. Dr. Martha C. Nussbaum highlights the importance of music in education and democracy and the vital function of philanthropy within it. This conversation with Twan Huys took place on March 10, 2020 during an event of Het Concertgebouw Fonds in which Martha talked about the role of music in her personal life. This video […]

Het Concertgebouw

10 mei 2020

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Death and Ressurection – Documentary – Mahler Festival Online

Mahler’s Second Symphony is a call to a new life, a different life. A better life, that has nothing to do with this earthly life. The composer asks himself – and us – the question: ‘Why do we live, why do we die?’ He rehearses the last judgement and rewrites the ending. Mahler scholar Morten […]

Het Concertgebouw

9 mei 2020

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The Beginning of a Quest – Documentary – Mahler Festival Online

In his First Symphony, Mahler begins his search for sounds that reflect eternity, the source of life. He starts with the tuning of the world. The story of his First Symphony is told by Mahler scholar Morten Solvik, conductors Jaap van Zweden, Lahav Shani and Kahchun Wong, soprano Jessye Norman and granddaughter Marina Mahler. This […]

Het Concertgebouw

8 mei 2020

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Opening Mahler Festival Online

Mahler Festival Online gaat vandaag van start! Om 14:30 is de officiële opening met directeur Simon Reinink. Mahler Festival Online starts today! The official opening with director Simon Reinink is at 14:30. source

Het Concertgebouw

8 mei 2020

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