Luisi & Igor Levit

Few artists have struggled to find their place in the world like Gustav Mahler. Chief conductor Fabio Luisi continues his journey through the composer's symphonies, and here he reaches the work that captures Mahler's inner contradictions more vividly than any other. In Symphony No. 5, Mahler abandons the childlike lyricism and pastoral idylls of his earlier works. Instead there is a raw conflict between joy and tragedy, which captures one of life's fundamental questions. The pain of the music is as gripping as its triumph, when joy and optimism prevail in the end. As a counterweight to Mahler's symphony, the outstanding pianist Igor Levit visits Copenhagen with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 - the first grand orchestral work of its kind in the 19th century. The soloist, who originally was the composer himself, here takes a more individual, impressive and energetic position than had been seen before. The work's sense of heroic conflict and powerful tensions foreshadows the existential struggle unfolding in Mahler's symphony. Programme: Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 3 Mahler / Symphony No. 5

• Dirigent: Fabio Luisi
• Igor Levitklaver

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Gustav Mahler: Symfoni nr. 5 i cis-moll

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaverkonsert nr. 3 i c-moll, op. 37

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