Salonen / Philharmonia Orchestra – Mahler 9

03.10.2019 20:00,

Grand Auditorium

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Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen direction
Rebecca Nelsen soprano

Alban Berg: Lulu-Suite für Koloratursopran und Orchester
Gustav Mahler: Symphonie N° 9

For his guest appearance with the Philharmonia Orchestra, one of London’s most important orchestras, Esa-Pekka Salonen chose two works which share a fascination for femininity: in condensed musical form, the Suite from Alban Berg’s opera Lulu conveys Frank Wedekind’s literary depiction of a woman who fascinated all men; Mahler’s Ninth Symphony is filled with scarcely disguised allusions to his spouse Alma, whose effect on her contemporaries was hardly less than that of her fictional counterpart Lulu.

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