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Mahler, Symphony No 3
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BOUNDARIES. DIMENSIONS. THE UNIVERSE.
Mahler's Symphony No. 3 is his most ambitious orchestral composition. It is long, but not drawn out. The extraordinary dimensions of the music are warranted by the subject matter – nothing less than the universe itself and nature conceived as a soul. The composer and conductor Pierre Boulez once wrote, "Mahler’s world is not a homogeneous universe at all. He dares to risk disparate styles, he uses quotations and parodies as legitimate tools, and teaches us to listen to music anew: with more variety, more ambiguity and a greater richness." In a state approaching intoxication while composing his monumental Third Symphony, which was over an hour and a half in length, Mahler wrote to a friend, “There is always something trivial about my works, but this time I am surpassing every limit.”
Program and cast
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
mezzo-soprano: Dorottya Láng
the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Choir and Children’s Choir
Program
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.
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