Clara-Jumi Kang and the Concerto Budapest

MOZART Three German Dances, K. 605
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
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MAHLER Symphony No. 9

Featuring: Clara-Jumi Kang violin
Conductor: András Keller

“Now I’m over the danger.” This was the sigh of relief of Gustav Mahler, feeling superstitiously the infamous deadly foreshadowing of symphonies ranked ninth, on completion of his own Symphony No. 9, which, however, he only survived for barely more than one year. Musicologist Antal Molnár reckoned the grandiose and secretive composition whispers to the listener as a final message: Man, be good! However, according to Alban Berg, Mahler’s final completed symphony is the compositional expression of extreme love towards nature, the world, which is why it harmonizes perfectly with the other major work of the concert, Mendelssohn’s E minor concerto for violin, which since its world premiere in 1845 has enjoyed a long run of popularity and attracted performers and audiences for its emanation of joie de vivre. András Keller has invited the young German violinist of South Korean descent Clara-Jumi Kang, who has several competition triumphs to her name, to take the solo part in the concert.

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