Freitag, 16. Sep 2011, 9:22
This is the forth season with the same seat, so it was fun to connect to our nice neighbors again. For the first time the king was not there for the opening. It is after all the royal symphony orchestra. But it did not change a lot in reality. Sakari Oramo had decided to celebrate 2 birthdays, Mahler and Liszt. Mahler was a pretty short piece (Totenfeier) and magnificent as usual. The Liszt piece was an interpretation of Faust wich was pretty varied. It was also quite a marathon 75 minutes in 3 movements (Faust, Gretchen and Mephisto). The last 10 minutes was absolutely magnificent with Organ, Orchestry, Man-Choir and Tenor.