It was a good weekend for Mahler fans in
Berlin. Only two nights after the Berlin Philharmonic kicked off their season
with a performance of the Seventh,
the 2022 edition of Musikfest Berlin got underway with the Sixth, performed by Amsterdam’s Concertgebouworkest under the
direction of their future chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä. Although versions of
Musikfest took place during the height of pandemic closures in 2020 and 21, the
first was on a much reduced scale, while the second, with fewer guest
orchestras able to travel, was clouded by the threat of yet another lockdown. This
year’s opening concert, however – which also featured Kaija Saariaho’s Orion,
a work which ceded nothing to Mahler in orchestral grandeur – signalled a
thrilling return to form for a festival that has long been the highlight of
September in Berlin.
Ms Saariaho’s…
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