Utopia: Schwartz / MahlerTeodor Currentzis (conductor)
In 2022, Teodor Currentzis fulfilled a dream when he founded a new orchestra: the Utopia. Its members, drawn from various international orchestras, get together on a project basis for each of Utopia’s concerts. Their plan for the coming years is to rehearse all of Mahler’s symphonies. Kicking off the afternoon concert on All Saints’ Day at the Isarphilharmonie is Mahler’s Fifth.
In 2022, Teodor Currentzis fulfilled a dream when he founded a new orchestra: the Utopia. Its members, drawn from various international orchestras, get together on a project basis for each of Utopia’s concerts. Their plan for the coming years is to rehearse all of Mahler’s symphonies. Kicking off the afternoon concert on All Saints’ Day at the Isarphilharmonie is Mahler’s Fifth.
No-one in the world of music has polarised opinion in recent years like the orchestra’s conductor and director Teodor Currentzis, who has been variously called “Messiah of the classical music scene”, “mannerist” (both BR-Klassik) and “genius” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). But this is unlikely to upset the self-confident Greek. On the contrary: True art often provokes vehement arguments for and against. What most of those who have experienced Currentzis conducting his orchestras agree on is that here, brilliant musicality and strong interpretative power meet eccentricity and a provocative sense of mission. With Currentzis wielding the baton, concerts turn into experiences of a uniquely evocative kind.
Programme
- Jay Schwartz: Passacaglia – Music for Orchestra IX
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C-sharp minor
