Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7 »Lied der Nacht«

About the Event

At the Musikverein's Golden Hall, immerse yourself in the profound contrasts of Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony, famously dubbed 'Song of the Night.' 'Nature is roaring' — this is how Gustav Mahler described his Seventh Symphony after completing it in his composing cottage on Lake Wörthersee in Carinthia. In conjunction with Yasushi Akutagawa's ‘Trinità Sinfonica’, this is a charity concert in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein that is not to be missed.

A wonderful evening in the Great Hall of the Vienna Musikverein with music for a good cause: the musicians performing that evening are supporting a worthy cause, with their concert raising funds for the Caritas Hospice and the neighbourhood centres run by the Vienna Hilfswerk charity.

Gustav Mahler spent inspiring summer months at Lake Wörthersee, and he found his music at the lake, rowing or walking to his composing cottage. No wonder we encounter these sounds of nature in his 7th Symphony: herd bells, horn calls, from delicate guitar and mandolin sounds to completely unrestrained brass fanfares greeting the dawn. Here, Gustav Mahler breaks the boundaries of the audible and ignites a firework display of timbres.

The Trinitá Sinfonica is probably Yasushi Akutagawa's best‐known work. Composed in 1949, it quickly became a fixture in Japanese orchestra programmes. The three‐movement work transports us to a wonderful and fascinating world of sound in which one would gladly lose oneself.