Oslo Philharmonic / Johanna Wallroth / Klaus Mäkelä
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Larcher: Symphony No. 2
A dream of heavenly life
For this guest performance with his Oslo Philharmonic, the Finnish star conductor Klaus Mäkelä has chosen two symphonies that couldn’t be more different. They start with Mahler’s idyllic Fourth Symphony, with the Swedish soprano Johanna Wallroth performing the solo part. Then, after the interval: Thomas Larcher’s Second Symphony, which was composed in 2016 after the tragedy of the drowned migrants in the Mediterranean.
For his Fourth Symphony, which was premiered in Munich in 1901, Mahler returned to his 1892 song »Das himmlische Leben« (heavenly life) and included it in the final movement as a solo for soprano. Johanna Wallroth’s scintillating voice is perfect for the task.
»Kenotaph«, the Second Symphony of the Austrian composer Thomas Larcher, is a very different, more contemplative, affair. The work was premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic in 2016 and awarded the »Prix de Composition Musicale« by the »Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco« in 2018.
Performers
Oslo Philharmonic
Johanna Wallroth soprano
conductor Klaus Mäkelä
Programme
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major for large orchestra and soprano
– Interval –
Thomas Larcher
Symphony No. 2 »Kenotaph«
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