Nov 18 - 20 2021
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Widmann and Mahler

Boston Symphony Orchestra: Widmann and Mahler

Presented by Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall

Adventurous Swedish trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger has collaborated frequently with Andris Nelsons and the BSO in a range of exciting works. This season he plays the American premiere of a BSO co-commissioned work by Jörg Widmann—the second BSO commission from the prominent German composer. Widmann, himself a noted clarinetist, creates imaginatively dramatic works with deep roots in music history.
The first of Mahler’s nine symphonies employs folk-music references and a conventional four-movement form that have their foundations in Haydn’s time. Its expanded scope and instrumentation are evidence of the genre’s 19th-century transformation as well as Mahler’s own stretching of the form.

Andris Nelsons, conductor

Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet

Jörg WIDMANN, Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI), for trumpet and orchestra (American premiere; BSO co-commission)

MAHLER, Symphony No. 1 (58 min)

Admission Info

Phone: 617-266-1200

Dates & Times

2021/11/18 - 2021/11/20

Location Info

Symphony Hall

301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

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