concert The 2023 Mahler Competition: Closing Concert and Awards Ceremony See this year's big winner conduct the Bamberg Symphony

See this year's big winner conduct the Bamberg Symphony

The 2023 Mahler Competition: Closing Concert and Awards Ceremony See this year's big winner conduct the Bamberg Symphony

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Its first edition was won by none other than Gustavo Dudamel, and it also counts the likes of Oksana Lyniv and Lahav Shani among its laureates: it's the Bamberg Symphony's prestigious Mahler Competition, held every three years as a showcase for talented young conductors to prove their mettle alongside one of the world's preeminent orchestras! Join us in Bamberg to find out which of our three incredible finalists takes home the top prize, and be there for their first concert as a Mahler Competition winner…

Photo © Peter Eberts

Cast

Giuseppe Mengoli | Conductor
Kevin Fitzgerald | Conductor
Thomas Hampson | Baritone
Bamberg Symphony | Orchestra

Program

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 7 in E Minor, "Lied der Nacht"
- 2. Nachtmusik I: Allegro moderato
Bernd Richard Deutsch, Con moto
Award Ceremony
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 92 in G major, Hob. I:92 ("Oxford")
- 4. Presto
Alban Berg, Seven Early Songs
- 1. Nacht (Night)
- 2. Schilflied (Song amid the reeds)
- 3. Die Nachtigall (The nightingale)
- 4. Traumgekrönt (Crowned in dream)
- 5. Im Zimmer (Indoors)
- 6. Liebesode (Ode to Love)
- 7. Sommertage (Summer days)
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 7 in E Minor, "Lied der Nacht"
- 1. Langsam (Adagio): Allegro risoluto, ma non troppo