| Gustav Mahlers 8th
Symphony breaks the boundaries of the symphonic form in a
world-embracing gesture. Riccardo Chailly is one of the staunchest
performers of this work, and therefore it seemed appropriate in many
ways that he chose this work for his inaugural concert as Claudio
Abbados successor and new music director of the Lucerne Festival
Orchestra. The artistic statement was combined with a deeply personal
conviction: it should be a tribute to Claudio, the highly esteemed
friend and colleague to whom Chailly, as he emphasizes, owes very much.
On 12 August 2016, Claudio Abbados unfinished Mahler cycle with the
Lucerne Festival Orchestra was completed in a breathtaking performance
of the Mahler 8th, simultaneously heralding in a new era in Lucerne. |
