PROGRAMME
L. STREICH Reigen for small orchestra (commission by Lucerne Festival)
W. RIHM Ernster Gesang
G. MAHLER Symphony No. 7
Riccardo Chailly conductor
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
ABOUT THIS CONCERT
Since the formation of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra by Claudio Abbado in 2003, musicians from the MCO have formed the core of this group. During this summer's festival, the LFO will present itself in four orchestra concerts with a varied programme.
This evening, the LFO takes the stage under the baton of Festival Director Riccardo Chailly, who succeeded Claudio Abbado in 2016. After their presentation of Gustav Mahler's first symphony in 2022, tonight's concert will be dedicated to this composer's 7th symphony, premiered in Prague in 1908. This work is sometimes referred to as the "Song of the Night" ("Lied der Nacht") because of the second and fourth movements titled "Night Music" ("Nachtmusik") by Mahler himself.
The program will also include a new work by Swedish composer Lisa Streich, commissioned for the Lucerne Festival, and Wolfgang Rihm's "Ernster Gesang", in memory of the composer and Artistic Director of the Lucerne Festival Academy since 2016, who passed away on 27 July.
photo: (c) Marco Borggreve
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