Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / LauschWerk / Kent Nagano

Opening with a bang

Gustav Mahler composed his first work at the age of six. Twenty-two years of life – and a stellar career as a conductor – later, he completed his first symphony. He faced the difficult legacy of this genre full of idealism, even exuberance, and created nothing less than a musical celebration of life. He christened his work »Titan« – a human giant, but basically: the entire creation with its exultant heights and agonising depths of existence. With this work, Kent Nagano opens the Philharmonic Series of the 2023/24 season.