Oct 22 2025
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Hartmann, Mahler
Mahler’s meticulously crafted First Symphony offers a sense of nature, a funeral procession and a finale in which a storm dissolves into light.
Anja Bihlmaier, Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, once again leads the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Mahler’s symphony exemplifies Bihlmaier’s thoughts on the conductor’s work: “Music is about emotions, it’s up to us to translate all that wonderful repertoire as engagingly as possible.”
Composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s political views blocked his path onto concert stages in National Socialist Germany. His Concerto Funebre was composed in the ominous atmosphere that foreshadowed the Second World War. Violinist Veronika Eberle’s international career began in 2006 when Sir Simon Rattle invited her to be the Berlin Philharmonic’s soloist at the Salzburg Easter Festival.