Mahler - Sinfonie Nr. 2 "Auferstehungssinfonie" | Cristian Măcelaru | WDR Sinfonieorchester
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, the "Resurrection Symphony", with the WDR Symphony Orchestra under the baton of its chief conductor Cristian Măcelaru, soloists Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), the WDR Radio Choir and the Rundfunkchor Berlin. Recorded live on 04.11.2023 in the Kölner Philharmonie.
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection Symphony"
00:00:00 I. Allegro Maestoso
00:23:22 II. Andante moderato
00:33:01 III. In ruhig fließender Bewegung
00:43:58 IV. "Urlicht"
00:49:28 V. Im Tempo des Scherzos
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto
Berlin Radio Choir
WDR Radio Choir
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
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Introduction to the work:
"... began a quiet song of praise" - this is what Richard Dehmel's poem says, as if referring to the magical moment in Mahler's Symphony No. 2 when the choir intones "misterioso" in the last movement: "Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n ..."
Gustav Mahler is the first Kapellmeister at the Stadt-Theater in Hamburg and has his hands full: opera studies, conducting performances and symphony concerts. On top of this, he summons up the strength and discipline to compose his Second Symphony. The form of the work only emerges during the compositional process. At the beginning, still a few years earlier in Leipzig, there is the idea of the first movement, with which Mahler sets a funeral service to music. He later formulated his concrete ideas about the content of this music in a program: "At the grave of a loved one. His struggle, his suffering and his will pass before the mind's eye. Questions arise: What does death mean - is there continuity?"
The 2nd movement is "a blissful moment from the life of the deceased" and contains "wistful memories". In the 3rd movement, "the spirit of negation [...] has taken possession of him. The world appears to him as senseless activity. An outcry of despair". An island of calm is the 4th movement, entitled "Urlicht", for which Mahler set a folk song text from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn". According to Mahler, this is the "touching voice of 'naive' faith". In the 5th movement, "the questions of the first movement [...] arise again. Apocalyptic visions: the great appeal; finally the prospect of redemption: 'And behold: there is no judgment, there is no sinner, no righteous - no great and no small -, there is no punishment and no reward! An almighty feeling of love permeates us with blissful knowledge and being."
The furor, the force of Mahler's Second Symphony left the majority of the audience at the premiere in December 1895 perplexed. Its struggle for answers to the great questions of life ultimately made it one of his most popular works.
Text: Otto Hagedorn
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection Symphony"
00:00:00 I. Allegro Maestoso
00:23:22 II. Andante moderato
00:33:01 III. In ruhig fließender Bewegung
00:43:58 IV. "Urlicht"
00:49:28 V. Im Tempo des Scherzos
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto
Berlin Radio Choir
WDR Radio Choir
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
► More about the symphony orchestra, concerts and current livestreams can be found at https://sinfonieorchester.wdr.de
►The WDR Symphony Orchestra on Facebook Facebook: wdrsinfonieorchester
Introduction to the work:
"... began a quiet song of praise" - this is what Richard Dehmel's poem says, as if referring to the magical moment in Mahler's Symphony No. 2 when the choir intones "misterioso" in the last movement: "Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n ..."
Gustav Mahler is the first Kapellmeister at the Stadt-Theater in Hamburg and has his hands full: opera studies, conducting performances and symphony concerts. On top of this, he summons up the strength and discipline to compose his Second Symphony. The form of the work only emerges during the compositional process. At the beginning, still a few years earlier in Leipzig, there is the idea of the first movement, with which Mahler sets a funeral service to music. He later formulated his concrete ideas about the content of this music in a program: "At the grave of a loved one. His struggle, his suffering and his will pass before the mind's eye. Questions arise: What does death mean - is there continuity?"
The 2nd movement is "a blissful moment from the life of the deceased" and contains "wistful memories". In the 3rd movement, "the spirit of negation [...] has taken possession of him. The world appears to him as senseless activity. An outcry of despair". An island of calm is the 4th movement, entitled "Urlicht", for which Mahler set a folk song text from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn". According to Mahler, this is the "touching voice of 'naive' faith". In the 5th movement, "the questions of the first movement [...] arise again. Apocalyptic visions: the great appeal; finally the prospect of redemption: 'And behold: there is no judgment, there is no sinner, no righteous - no great and no small -, there is no punishment and no reward! An almighty feeling of love permeates us with blissful knowledge and being."
The furor, the force of Mahler's Second Symphony left the majority of the audience at the premiere in December 1895 perplexed. Its struggle for answers to the great questions of life ultimately made it one of his most popular works.
Text: Otto Hagedorn
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