The Orchestra Season has already passed the halfway point of the six scheduled programs, which have been running from January 7 to March 20.
Pass 10 will have the participation of Estonian director Mihhail Gerts, replacing Andrew Gourlay, director initially planned who, due to the current situation caused by COVID-19, will not be able to direct the OSCyL on this occasion.
Mihhail Gerts, who is collaborating for the first time with the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra, has made a name for himself after his recent successful debuts with the Santa Cecilia National Academy Symphony Orchestra, Liverpool Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra , Antwerp Symphony and French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with the acclaimed baritone Matthias Goerne as soloist, as highlighted by the organization through a statement sent to Europa Press.
In addition to his career in the symphonic repertoire, Gerts has also gained extensive operatic experience as First Chapel Master and Deputy Director General of the Hagen Theater (2015 to 2017), and Resident Conductor of the Estonian National Opera (2007 to 2014). He studied conducting at the Estonian Academy of Music and at the ‘Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler’ in Berlin.
Gustav Mahler’s ‘Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor’ has been approached by the OSCyL on up to five occasions throughout its history, the last time being in the 2016-2017 season and under the direction of Gianandrea Noseda.
The work was composed by Gustav Mahler in 1901-1902 and premiered at the Gürzenich Hall in Cologne in October 1904. It is the first purely instrumental symphony or detached from a specific program by the great German symphonist.
SYMPHONY IN FIVE MOVEMENTS
The ‘Symphony No. 5’ is made up of five movements: the first is a majestic Funeral March (Trauermarsch), followed by the second movement (Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz). The ‘Scherzo’ that follows is so broad that it constitutes, by itself, the second part of the symphony.
The third part begins with the famous ‘Adagietto’, which has been frequently performed as a separate piece and has served as music for numerous ballets. The last movement is the ‘Rondo-Finale’, endowed with great exuberance, power and agility.
The tragic ambiguity and drama offered by the ‘Symphony No. 5’ is so great that its author Gustav Mahler will go back and forth on it until the last months of his life, making modifications even after the publication of the score, up to at least in 1910.
The Subscription 9 concert last Friday, February 19, had more than 1,300 followers through its live broadcast on YouTube, with dozens of comments in support of the Orchestra’s activity, both in the channel’s live chat as in the different profiles of social networks, with messages to monitor the concert from Colombia, Mexico, Norway, Holland or Poland, Dubai, or the United States, among other countries, in the same way as in our country from communities such as Murcia, Andalusia , Madrid, Catalonia or Asturias, as the organization has remarked.
In Subscription 8, 1,200 followers were counted through its live broadcast on YouTube, to which more than 2,200 views are now added on the OSCyL channel.
Along the same lines, the Winter Season Ticket 10 program will be offered on Friday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m. through the OSCYL YouTube channel and the ‘Cultura Castilla y León 4’ channel, open and free access, within the objective of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to bet on safe culture at times like the present, while continuing to bring a quality culture to all homes.
Prior to the live broadcast of the concert, from 7:00 p.m. extra and introductory content will be broadcast, with an interview with director Mihhail Gerts, who will also participate the day before, on Thursday 25 at 6:00 p.m., in a meeting via Zoom with a group of subscribers, within the objectives of the OSCyL to promote meetings and dialogues between the public and the artists.
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