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  <title>Gustav Mahler + New York Philharmonic Orchestra at Barbican Centre, London on 16 Feb 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Mahler Symphony No 9

New York Philharmonic 
Alan Gilbert conductor

America's oldest symphony orchestra - it was founded in 1842 - and certainly one of the most beloved of US music institutions, the New York Philharmonic last year gave its 15,000th concert, a figure which includes 430 cities in 63 countries on five continents. Despite a history of prestigious music directors including Boulez, Bernstein, Stowkowski, Barbirolli and Toscanini, the present incumbent Alan Gilbert - who took up the post in 2009 - is actually the first native New Yorker. His parents were both musicians in the orchestra: the ensemble, its heritage, reputation and spirit is part of his very identity. Perhaps his most famous predecessor, however, is the composer Gustav Mahler, whose last complete symphony, the Ninth, we hear tonight. It is a remarkable work, a symphony of astonishing intensity, of life-affirming beauty, an achievement both moving and majestic. 

The performance was Alan Gilbert’s triumph: having made all the right choices, he paid meticulous attention to every detail, yet sustained his grasp of the whole – a truly impressive achievement.' New York Concert Review]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-02-16T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-02-16T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Thomas Quasthoff/Andr&#xE1;s Schiff on 11 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Wiener Konzerthaus

Einer Krankheit Quasthoffs wegen verschoben.
(ursprüngl. Termin: 10.03.2011)

Interpreten
Thomas Quasthoff, Bariton
András Schiff, Klavier
Programm
Robert Schumann
	Dichterliebe / Liederzyklus nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine op. 48 (1840)
Gustav Mahler
	Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Rückert (1901-1902)
             ***
Johannes Brahms
	Fünf Lieder op. 94 (1884 ?)
	Vier ernste Gesänge op. 121 (1896)]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-11T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-11T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Het Collectief + Gustav Mahler + Arnold Sch&#xF6;nberg + more at Wagehuys, Leuven on 16 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Wagehuys

A. SCHÖNBERG - Verklärte Nacht Opus 4  (arr. E. STEUERMANN) 
G. MAHLER - Pianokwartet in a 
E. KORNGOLD - Suite voor 2 violen, cello en piano linkerhand, Opus 23 

Vooraanstaande componisten zoals Ravel, Skrjabin en Prokofiev schreven originele pianowerken voor de linkerhand. Ook Erich Korngold, een Oostenrijker die grote faam verwierf in Hollywood, schreef een prachtige suite. Daarnaast krijg je Schönbergs populairste kamermuziekwerk Verklärte Nacht te horen. Dit hyperromantische klankgedicht vertelt het verhaal van een vrouw die opbiecht dat ze een kind verwacht van een andere man.

Het Collectief - Thomas Dieltjens, piano | Wibert Aerts, viool | Vincent Hepp, viool & altviool |Martijn Vink, cello]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-16T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-05-16T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Philharmonia - Gustav Mahler Resurrection Symphony on 28 Jun 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Royal Festival Hall

Joseph Phibbs: New work (London premiere)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Resurrection)
Interval

Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Kate Royal soprano
Ekaterina Gubanova mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Chorus

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Mahler's Resurrection Symphony, taking the listener on a truly transcendental journey through this mighty work.

Mahler's Resurrection Symphony takes the listener on a truly transcendental journey. In Mahler's own words, 'The first movement depicts the titanic struggles of a mighty being still caught in the toils of this world, grappling with life and with the fate to which he must succumb - his death'.

The last movement deals with 'the resolution of the terrible problem of life - redemption'. In Mahler's original programme, he details the sounding of the Last Trumpet, the resurrection of the dead with wailing and gnashing of teeth, and then the fading away of all noise as everything 'ceases to be' before the enormous E flat major climax, with a chorus joined by soprano and alto soloists and pealing bells, representing souls reborn in Heaven.

Although Mahler later withdrew his detailed 'programme', this enormous work clearly represents a huge personal journey. Mahler wrote of the last movement, 'The increasing tension, working up to the final climax, is so tremendous that I don't know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it.'

The first half of the programme is the London première of a co-commission with The Anvil, Basingstoke: composer Joseph Phibbs's soundworld has been described as offering 'a kaleidoscopic range of colour (The Times).']]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-06-28T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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