Wiener Philharmoniker - Andris Nelsons

A passionate rendition of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, “oscillating between dream and grotesque, between idyll and Hellmouth” (Wiener Zeitung).

The notion of passion, in music, initially referred to accounts of the suffering and death of Jesus. But would any form of art be conceivable without ardent passion and that kind of suffering which mobilizes creative forces as starting point for new artistic endeavours?

Conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons presents a concert night which concentrates every conceivable passion: Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Trumpet Concerto, entitled "Nobody knows the trouble I see" - a protest against racism - and Mahler’s Second, ‘Resurrection’ Symphony.

Original title Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Andris Nelsons
Genre Concert
Recording location Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, July 2018
Duration 110 mins
Production Company A co-production of BR/ARTE and UNITEL in cooperation with Wiener Philharmoniker and Salzburg Festival
Composer Gustav Mahler, Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Orchestra / Band Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor Andris Nelsons
Choir Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus Master Howard Arman
Soloist Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (contralto)