Salonen conducts Mahler No. 2

Synopsis

Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony is undoubtedly the most popular of all his symphonies. The composer stages a gradual victory over his doubts and asserts his creative vocation and his newfound faith in the cosmos. The audience is immediately struck by the opening chaos orchestrating a magniicent funeral. The sublime final chorus enraptures listeners as it celebrates the Last Judgement and the divine love that is spread everywhere. Resurrection takes up in a spectacular way the question of a hypothetical renewal: the Stadium de Vitrolles near Aix has been preserved in a state of beauty ravaged by twenty-five years of abandonment and clandes tine occupations. Inside this iconic building Romeo Castellucci tackles the enigma of a mysterious rebirth. “It became big, very big, beyond huge, beyond gigantic.” (Opera Today)

Additional Info

• No: A01050136
• Composer: Gustav Mahler
• Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
• Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris
• Artists: Gulda Schulty, Marianne Crebassa, Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Le Jeune Choeur de Paris
• Production year: 2022
• Run time: 01:40:00
• Director: Staged by Romeo Castellucci
• Producers: Arte France, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Camera Lucida
• Format: HDTV 16:9