Memorial concert: Mahler 2

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

83 years after Rotterdam was destroyed by bombs, we commemorate the city’s rise from its own ashes.

83 years after the heart of Rotterdam was destroyed by bombs, the orchestra commemorates the city’s rise from its own ashes with Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. In overwhelming fashion the symphony paints a vision of apocalypse and resurrection. Fear makes way for rapture: ‘There is no punishment and no reward,’ wrote Mahler. ‘An overwhelming love illuminates our being.’

Only if we know our origins can we stay on course. That’s why we need to commemorate.

Lahav Shani

programme

Mahler symphony no. 2 ‘resurrection’

credits

Lahav Shani conductor | Chen Reiss soprano | Anna Larsson alto | Laurens Symfonisch choir