Sir Simon Rattle dirigeert Mahler en Beethoven

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Finally at the Concertgebouw: Sir Simon Rattle and his Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Rattle has been chief conductor in Bavaria since 2023. The gathering of these two giants results in an inspiring encounter between a visionary conductor and an orchestra with a rich, passionate tradition. The players respond audibly to Rattle's open, communicative style of conducting, and performances take on a human intensity. And all this in Mahler and Beethoven, repertoire to which conductor and orchestra have pledged their hearts.

Mahler's Adagio from the Tenth and Beethoven's Eroica

Mahler's Tenth Symphony's Adagio and Beethoven's Third , the Eroica, bear no resemblance to each other, except that both pieces are cornerstones of music history. Early Romanticism begins with the 'Eroica'; the Adagio is the pinnacle of art as 'the most individual expression of the most individual emotion'. Personal experiences grip composers. Beethoven's former admiration for Napoleon resonates in every note of his Third Symphony ; Mahler's world collapsed when he learned that Alma was having an affair with the architect Walter Gropius. Their emotions echo in these pieces.