Interview
Gustavo Dudamel in conversation with Noah Bendix-Balgley Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler’s Sixth
“The Sixth is his most personal work and a prophetic one as well,” according to Gustav Mahler’s wife Alma. With its apocalyptic musical language, which brightens only temporarily, the Symphony seems to anticipate personal disasters: heart disease, the death of his daughter, professional setbacks. The Tagesspiegel had this to say about the Berliner Philharmoniker’s performance with Gustavo Dudamel: “This is not a concert. It is an existential experience. An overwhelming one.”
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