To mark its 10th anniversary, the Bundesärztephilharmonie is presenting an appropriately magnificent work: Gustav Mahler’s 9th Symphony. Often described as enigmatic, it is one of the composer’s masterpieces. Contemporaries such as Arnold Schönberg and Alban Berg admired Mahler for his innovative and progressive compositions, in which themes such as the transition from earthly to heavenly life and the end of the world play a central role. At the same time, Mahler’s last symphony pointed the way to a new era of music and thus to the future. Alban Berg, who attended the premiere in Vienna in 1912, wrote in a letter to his wife after the premiere that Mahler’s Ninth was »the expression of an unheard-of love for this earth, the longing to live in peace on it [...]«.
The reference to our current times is obvious, in which we are once again consciously learning to understand that peace cannot be taken for granted and is a precious commodity that must be preserved for the »future of our children«. The concert by the Bundesärztephilharmonie is also dedicated to this: the proceeds from the concert will go to the »Hamburger Abendblatt hilft« association, which supports pupils with learning difficulties, among other things. It currently supports 80 children and young people with individual and small group support.
PERFORMERS
Bundesärztephilharmonie orchestra
Jürgen Bruns conductor
PROGRAM
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9 in D major
