Musikfest Berlin 2023 by Chin, Mahler, De la (2023/2023), Dirijor Robin Ticciati, Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

An intoxication of timbres and rhythms is guaranteed with Unsuk Chin: the works of the South Korean composer are regularly on the programs of the world's leading orchestras. Her work ›Šu‹ for the Chinese mouth organ sheng and orchestra dates from 2009 and is dedicated to the greatest sheng virtuoso of his generation: Wu Wei. He will play this evening in Berlin himself and take the audience on a journey to »the distant sound«, as Chin puts it. Gustav Mahler's ›Song of the Earth‹ builds on this this evening: Here, too, the Chinese tradition plays a decisive role, more precisely Chinese poetry. Mahler placed the big questions in this brilliant composition: How does it feel when you see your own end approaching? How do you say goodbye, from the world, from loved ones? He, too, searches for a distant sound and thereby opens up wonderful worlds in the hereafter.