Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester: Ligeti, Bartok, Beethoven

About the Event

Admire the enthusiasm — and precocious expertise — of the young musicians of this celebrated orchestra, founded by Claudio Abbado.

David Afkham leads the orchestra in Ligeti's tensely atmospheric Lontano — a favorite with both concert audiences and Hollywood — before Frank Peter Zimmermann joins the youthful team for Bartok's unusual Second Violin Concerto. Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony brings the evening to an appropriately energetic conclusion