Gill Nunes

Brussels Philharmonic & Kazushi Ono

Name: Brussels Philharmonic & Kazushi Ono — Mahler 9
Start: 2027-02-06T20:15:00+01:00
End: 2027-02-06T22:15:00+01:00
Location: Flagey

Mahler 9

Sat 6 Feb 20:15

Studio 4

tickets

6 Feb

20:15

tickets

Abo Music Director 26|27 : 145 € > 115 €
Shostakovich & Prokofiev 6 (03.10.26) + Rachmaninov, Reger, Scriabin (19.12.26) + Mahler 9 (06.02.27) + Britten: Spring Symphony (30.04.27)

Program

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 9 in D major

artist(s)

Brussels Philharmonic
Kazushi Ono, cond.

Mahler is my key composer, because he looks back to the structures of Classicism while at the same time looking forward to the groundbreaking harmonies of the 21st century.

Kazushi Ono (De Standaard)

“O youth! Vanished! O love! Blown away!” Mahler wrote in the manuscript of his Ninth and final symphony, composed during what would prove to be the darkest period of his life. His beloved daughter had died, his marriage to Alma was faltering, and he himself had been diagnosed with heart disease.

In the monumental slow movements that both open and close the work, he transforms these personal tragedies into a profoundly wistful farewell to the beauty of life. Yet make no mistake: the symphony is equally a celebration of that life — of his love for nature, of renewed strength. In the shadow of death, Mahler created the ultimate hymn to life.

18:30 | Mahler Deconstructed
18:30 | Symfomania!
19:30 | introduction: Sander De Keere
20:15 | concert (without intermission, end 21:45)

Flagey, Brussels Philharmonic