Dénes Várjon, Izabella Simon & musicians of the BFO

Mahler. Chamber Music

chamber music

Wed 16 May 2018 -20.00

introduction by Jan Christiaens	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	21.25

All prices include booking fees.

Part of Budapest Festivalpas 2018 and Abo Kamermuziek 17-18

Pocket-sized Mahler

In his Piano Quartet - the late-Romantic outpouring of a brooding adolescent - the young Gustav Mahler gives us a glimpse into his soul. Its anguished music already gives us a foretaste of his symphonies, in which dark tragedy is never far away. It’s not for nothing that Mahler’s Sixth Symphony was nicknamed 'the tragic'. He has a huge orchestra – including bells and cow bells – say a resounding no to fate. In the transcription for a smaller configuration, the bitterness of this music remains undiminished.