For conductor Teodor Currentzis, music is always an emotional expenditure: reflection on the last things, religious act, world redemption pathos, overwhelming. When Mahler's Fifth begins with a funeral march to set heaven and hell in motion in the second movement, Currentzis is completely in his element. He seeks the extremes and thus finds his way into the hearts of the listeners. Our tip for listening? Everyone loves the first movement and the Adagietto. But pay attention to the less popular third movement! It is not for nothing that it is at the centre of the symphony. And that is exactly how it should be heard: as a central movement.
Programme
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
Artists
Teodor Currentzis DIRIGENT
Utopia Orchestra
