Nationaal Jeugdorkest met Mahler 5

National Youth Orchestra

For the talented musicians of the National Youth Orchestra, the performance at the Concertgebouw is undoubtedly a highlight of the annual summer tour. The orchestra organizes several major projects every year—in which top young musical talent aged 18 to 26 plays the leading role—and collaborates with internationally renowned conductors and soloists. This summer, the selected musicians throw themselves wholeheartedly into two masterpieces by Wagner and Mahler under the direction of the internationally acclaimed Nuno Coelho.

Mahler's Symphony No. 5

Gustav Mahler wrote his Fifth Symphony between 1901 and 1902, and it is one of his most beloved works. Tragedy and joy, pain and pleasure alternate in rapid succession. The Adagietto, in particular—the slow movement immortalized in the film Death in Venice —is deeply moving. It is a beautiful expression of Mahler's love for Alma, the woman he married while working on this symphony. Prior to Mahler's unsurpassed masterpiece, Wagner's Vorspiel and Karfreitagszauber from his final opera, Parsifal , will be heard.