Name: Mahler's Unfinished
Start: 2025-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Kulturpalast

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Conductor

Vasily Petrenko

Orchestra

Mahler's Unfinished

Dresden

Germany

Kulturpalast

Konzertsaal

Mahler's Unfinished: Symphony No. 10 Mahler (+1 More)

Public

Concert

Symphony No.10

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43

Rahul Karaguppi

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Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

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Illustrator

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Mezzo-soprano

Singer

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Tenor

Contralto

Baritone

Bass

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

For many, thirteen is an unlucky number. For composers, it's more like ten, because starting with Beethoven, many were able to complete a ninth symphony, but died over their tenth or didn't even dare to start it. Like Mahler, who sketched his Tenth but had to leave it unfinished. But even if he didn't finish it, the grief, pain and deeply felt anguish in this music is still one of the most moving things you can hear in concert today. Shostakovich, on the other hand, managed fifteen symphonies, but his Fourth was not heard for decades. It was Stalin's fault, who put so much pressure on the composer that he withdrew his work. The drastic way in which the composer expressed the horrors of the Second World War was too dangerous for the communist regime.

English

Für viele ist die Dreizehn eine Pechzahl. Für Komponisten ist es eher die Zehn, denn angefangen bei Beethoven konnten viele eine neunte Sinfonie vollenden, starben aber über ihrer zehnten oder wagten sie gar nicht mehr anzufangen. So wie Mahler, der seine Zehnte zwar skizzierte, aber unvollendet lassen musste. Aber auch wenn er sie nicht fertig komponierte  die Trauer, der Schmerz und die tief empfundene Seelenqual in dieser Musik gehört bis heute zum Ergreifendsten, was man im Konzert hören kann. Schostakowitsch dagegen schaffte zwar fünfzehn Sinfonien, aber seine Vierte war trotzdem jahrzehntelang nicht zu hören. Schuld war Stalin, der so viel Druck auf den Komponisten aufbaute, dass der sein Werk zurückzog. Dem kommunistischen Regime war die Drastik, mit der der Komponist die Schrecken des Terrorregimes ausdrückte, zu gefährlich.

Deutsch

Mahler's Unfinished by Mahler, Shostakovich, From (2025/2025), Conductor Vasily Petrenko, Kulturpalast, Dresden, Germany

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