Music that moves you
Mahler's Symphony No. 5
This concert is part of the Symphonic Friday - Large series.
Few works are as grand as Mahler's Symphony No. 5. This musical epic guides the listener from death back to life, overcoming struggles and enduring pain to culminate in a beautiful tribute to love. It pairs beautifully with Bruch's romantic Violin Concerto No. 1. Featuring the amazing Simone Lamsma, this will be one of the highlights of the season.
Our former artist in residence Simone Lamsma is a violin virtuoso. Tonight, she will perform Max Bruch's captivating Violin Concerto No. 1, which shines like a diamond in these dark - and, let's not forget, romantic - days of winter. Mahler's Symphony No. 5 also evokes emotion: the composer wrote the famous Adagietto for his wife Alma. Mahler himself said of his symphony, "Each note is brimming with vitality, spinning as if in a whirlwind. There is nothing romantic or mystical about it. It is a human being in the full light of day, in the prime of his life."
Anja Bihlmaier conductor
Simone Lamsma violin
Archie Tulk One Minute Symphony (Friday only)
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
Mahler Symphony No. 5
Friday 13 December - 8:15 p.m.
7:15 p.m. - doors open
7:30 p.m. - Starter
8:15 p.m. - concert
10:15 p.m. - end of concert
There will be an intermission.
Sunday 15 December - 2:15p.m.
1:15 p.m. - doors open
1:30 p.m. - Starter
2:15 p.m. - concert
4:15 p.m. - end of concert
There will be an intermission.
Premium: €65
Section 1: €55
Section 2: €46
Section 3: €41
Section 4: €36
Youth Price (up to 29 years of age): €11
Prices include cloakroom service and a complimentary drink during the intermission.
Please note that seats in the 2nd balcony/orchestra ring can only be reached by stairs and Section 4 seats there have a restricted view.
Click here to view the floor plan of the Concert Hall at Amare.
"Music is about emotions, it's up to us to translate all that wonderful repertoire as engagingly as possible."
- Anja Bihlmaier