Daniele Gatti & RCO at Concertgebouw + 3 course dinner

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The love between Daniele Gatti and the RCO blossoms in Mahler. Today: the impressive Seventh Symphony, but also special works by Webern.

Gustav Mahler

When Daniele Gatti conducts Mahler's work, he generates a 'ruthless amount of energy' from his orchestra. That's what The Guardian wrote, and those words were underlined by Gatti's recent Mahler projects with the Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO). According to the NRC, Mahler's symphonies caused the love between chief and orchestra to flare up. Today you can hear and see that in the Seventh Symphony. A large‐scale work in five movements, two of which are entitled Nachtmusik. That sounds idyllic and sleepy, but Mahler certainly also has nightmares. These are driven with verve into the exuberant finale, in which Mahler incorporates a bay of musical styles.

Gatti & RCO

Daniele Gatti has been the chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since 2016. One of his goals: to develop a new vision of the repertoire together. It is therefore appropriate to choose Webern's work, after a part from Bach's Musikalisches Opfer. Ricercare, is the title, which means 'search'. This is exactly what Webern does: he distributes the melody over and over again between the instruments. The sound colour changes continuously, so that you circle around Bach almost three‐dimensionally. Also to be heard: Webern's Langsamer Satz, a musical result of a romantic mountain trip with his future wife.