19/4
Sun
20:00
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester /Special Concert/
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- Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
- Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)
- Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
- Prague Philharmonic Choir
- Kühn Children’s Choir
- Lukáš Vasilek (chorusmaster)
- Jiří Chvála (chorusmaster)
- Symphony No. 3 in D minor
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The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester is recognized today as the number one talent factory for European orchestral musicians. It was founded in 1986 on the initiative of Claudio Abbado, now its musical director. The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester was the first international youth orchestra to suceed in holding open auditions in the former East Block countries. The aim of these auditions was and is to provide highly gifted young musicians with valuable orchestra experience working with great conductors outside their home countries. As the pan-European youth orchestra, it is under the patronage of the European Council.
The Third symphony is Mahler's hymn to the natural world. Mahler was inspired by the grandeur of nature, by a sense of every natural creative force in the univesre, by pantheistic thoughts. In his plan Mahler preceeded through the stages of evolution from inert matter to flowers, animals and mankind himself – before rising to universal love, which he imained as a supremely transcendental force.
In association with the City of Prague, Czech Radio, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Municipal House, Austrian Cultural Forum, BVA International and other partners