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Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Hindemith / Zemlinsky / Mahler

„Weit unten im Süden, im Dixieland“ („Sinfonische Gesänge“): der Parthenon von Nashville, Tennessee, im Februar 1951 – Von Schnee bedeckter Park mit Tempelgebäude im Stil griechischer Antike

„Weit unten im Süden, im Dixieland“ („Sinfonische Gesänge“): der Parthenon von Nashville, Tennessee, im Februar 1951 – Von Schnee bedeckter Park mit Tempelgebäude im Stil griechischer Antike

Simon Rattle fell in love with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks at a young age – and now he makes his debut as its Chief Conductor and successor to Mariss Jansons at Musikfest Berlin. With a programme that treats Bach like jazz with Paul Hindemith, performs the Black poets of the “Harlem Renaissance” along with Alexander von Zemlinsky and ends in a virtuoso march towards tragedy with Gustav Mahler.

Paul Hindemith (1895 – 1963)

Ragtime (well-tempered) (1921)

Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871 – 1942)

Symphonic Songs, Op. 20 (1929)

for baritone (or alto) and orchestra

based on poems from the 1929 anthology “Africa sings”

Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911)

Symphony No. 6 in A minor (1903 – 1905, revised 1906/07)

Artists/Collaborators: Lester Lynch, Sir Simon Rattle

19:10, South Foyer

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