Sinfoniekonzert | Mahler 5

In the organizer's words:

"Ta-Ta-Ta-Taaa" - isn't that his Fifth Symphony, the one that is played most often? Depending on the expression, however, you have to be more specific: Ludwig van Beethoven or Gustav Mahler?

Both have an iconic beginning - the JEB's new program in January 2025 is dedicated to Gustav Mahler's 5th Symphony.

Composed at the beginning of the 20th century, this Fifth Symphony preoccupied him until the year of his death in 1911, when he reorchestrated it once again: "The Fifth is a cursed work. Nobody catches it". This is partly due to the symphony's inherent progressiveness. Whether in the harmony (what key is it actually based on?), the atypical formal structure with five movements or the very tricky polyphonic voice leading of actually melodious, almost folk music-like fragments. This fate only changed over time, long after Mahler's death. It has since become one of Mahler's most popular symphonies.

The use of the Adagietto in Luchino Visconti's film Death in Venice contributed to the symphony's popularity. And thus his Fifth Symphony, although it was the first to be explicitly conceived without an extra-musical program, is at the same time the one most strongly associated in cultural memory with another oeuvre (film) and its program.

Sunday, January 12, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
Philharmonie Berlin, large hall
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Junges Ensemble Berlin | Symphony Orchestra
Michael Riedel | Conductor

🎟️ Tickets are available here! - ticket link
- Category 1 normal: 27€, reduced: 22€
- Category 2 normal: 21€, reduced: 16€
- Category 3 normal: 15€, reduced: 10€