Name: A New Lease of Life – Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
Start: 2024-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Daniel Harding

Instrumentalist

Trumpeter

Håkan Hardenberger

Trumpet

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

A New Lease of Life – Mahler’s Fifth Symphony

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

A New Lease of Life – Mahler’s Fifth Symphony: Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI) Jörg Widmann (+1 More)

Public

Private

Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI)

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor

Approved

Accordionist

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

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

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Singer

Baritone

Bass

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Tenor

Soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The Programme
A solemn fanfare introduces a funeral lament at the beginning of Mahler’s symphony. Its first half is bleak; the composer had recently undergone a troubling near-death experience.

But midway through the composition process, Mahler met his future wife, Alma. The fourth movement is a ravishingly beautiful love letter to her. It’s familiar to many as the lovely, melancholy theme in the 1971 film Death in Venice.

In Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI), the trumpeter must navigate the tumultuous landscape of the orchestra to advance on a state of bliss.

The Performers
Daniel Harding and the LSO find worlds within worlds in the gorgeous music of the Fifth Symphony. Harding is a top choice to interpret Widmann’s work, and the phenomenal Håkan Hardenberger gave the premiere performance of Towards Paradise.

‘This primeval music, this foaming, roaring, raging sea of sound … these dancing stars … these breathtaking, iridescent, and flashing breakers’ – Mahler on his Symphony No 5

Public online booking opens Friday 31 March at 10am

Priority booking for LSO Patrons & Friends:
Thursday 23 March at 10am – for LSO Patrons, LSO Pioneers and Ambassador level Friends
Monday 27 March at 10am – for all LSO Friends

English

A New Lease of Life – Mahler’s Fifth Symphony by Widmann, Mahler, Dg. 24 Març 2024, De (2024/2024), Director musical Daniel Harding, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

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