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Small? Not at all. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s so-called «small» Symphony in G minor, K. 183, bears its deceptive nickname only because of its later, famous sister in G minor. The 17-year-old Salzburg native completed his 25th symphony in 1773. Gustav Mahler finished his First Symphony 115 years later. Strictly speaking, it was the first version of his symphony, as he revised it repeatedly, finetuned it, and discarded movements. Building a «whole world» in sound takes time. And it became a great, fairytale world: mysterious sounds of nature and folk song melodies; exaggerated dance scenes, flanked by tender melancholy; the grotesque scene of a funeral procession in which the animals of the forest carry the hunter to his grave — and a finale in which the gates of hell open up and heaven triumphantly claims victory.
Program and cast
Cast
orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic
Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in g minor KV 183
- interval -
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Grafenegg Festival, Austria
The Grafenegg Music Festival is a new major international Austrian festival for classical music close to Vienna. The annual festival takes place on the grounds of Grafenegg Castle. Two major venues have been built for the festival in the park of the castle: The open-air stage Wolkenturm (capacity 1,730, opened 2007) as well as the new concert hall Auditorium (capacity 1,372, opened 2008).
The artistic director is pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The festival's program consists of symphonic and chamber music as well as recitals. International guest orchestras are performing as well as the Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra, which serves as orchestra in residence. The first festival started on August, 23rd, 2007 and lasted until September, 9th, 2007.
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