RCO: Gatti conducts Haydn & Mahler

Synopsis

Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major was long thought to have been lost, but in 1961 the manuscript was discovered in the archives of the Prague National Museum. Chief conductor Daniele Gatti leads the principal cellist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Tatjana Vassilijeva, in Haydn’s animated, ingenious work, before performing Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony together with his orchestra. Mahler himself led the RCO in the Dutch premiere of the work in 1904. In the 3rd movement “Ruhevoll”, the orchestra’s sound is “so beautiful it makes you want to cry” (NRC). With her angelic voice, soprano Julia Kleiter sings an ode to Das himmlische Leben in the finale. The soprano solo, originally intended for the song cycle Des Knaben Wunderhorn, alternates with fast orchestral runs. PROGRAM Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major; Mahler: Symphony No. 4

Additional Info

• No: A865500420000
• Composer: Joseph Haydn, Gustav Mahler
• Conductor: Daniele Gatti
• Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Artists: Tatjana Vassiljeva (cello), Julia Kleiter (soprano)
• Production year: 2017
• Run time: 01:38:00
• Producers: RCO, Unitel
• Format: HDTV 16:9