Mahler, Symphony No. 5 and the Currentzis Orchestra musicAeterna Tickets

The Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic invites you to the musicAeterna concert: Mahler on September 29. Symphony No. 5.

Symphonies have always played a special role for Gustav Mahler. In them, with the help of music, he revealed problems that deeply concerned him, issues of life and death, love and passion.

Gustav Mahler is one of the most famous musicians of the last century, who rethought the importance of the conductor in the process of performing musical works. It was he who established the dominant position of the conductor in the orchestra, making his authority unquestionable. In his opinion, everyone who stands at the conductor’s stand creates a work anew. Teodor Currentzis and the musicAeterna orchestra have been performing Mahler's symphonies on various stages for many years, and the Fifth has become one of the most notable musical phenomena in this series.

During his lifetime, Mahler gained fame as a conductor, so musicAeterna concert tickets: Mahler. Symphony No. 5 at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic is an opportunity to discover him as an original and profound composer.

Mahler wrote the symphony during a difficult, emotionally charged period. It seems that he is at the peak of his career: he leads the Vienna Opera, a universally recognized conductor. But at the same time, he feels undervalued as a composer, miraculously escaped death and is forced to radically change his habits. At the same time, he experiences a strong infatuation with Alma Schindler, who will later become his wife. All these experiences resulted in Symphony No. 5, which became the composer's most frequently performed work. It consists of five parts that immerse the listener in a world of strong experiences. The gloomy tonality of the first movement gives way to the energetic second, then the turn of the scherzo, playful and carefree, the next movement plunges us into bright melancholy, and the last unites the moods of all 4 previous movements. The rich and complex structure combined with the deep emotional impact cemented the work's status as a symphonic masterpiece.

Tickets for the concert musicAeterna: Mahler. Symphony No. 5 at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic

Currentzis and his team regularly perform the symphony and each time they bring something new to it. Book tickets on our website and get real pleasure from listening to music performed by a unique orchestra. The application on the website is completed quickly, and tickets are sent to the mail immediately after payment.