Gustav Mahler

‘It will always be less hellish than the reality’: why cinema keeps returning to the Holocaust

Three new films attempt to address the Holocaust. But can cinema ever hope to adequately confront humanity’s darkest chapter?

Jonathan Freedland

15, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM

The week in classical: 74th Aldeburgh Festival; Werther – review

From thundering Thorvaldsdóttir to late-night Bach, it’s a standout year for Britten’s music festival, while at the ROH Jonas Kaufmann made a subdued Werther

Fiona Maddocks

24, Jun, 2023 @11:30 AM

Borletti-Buitoni Trust at 20 review – first footholds celebrated by benificaries of musical trust

Musicians including Mitsuko Uchida, James Newby and the Apollon Musagète Quartet were part of a weekend of concerts marking 20 years of the trust that supports those at the beginning of their careers

Andrew Clements

12, Jun, 2023 @10:36 AM

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week

Heard in a less usual male-voice pairing and with a piano reduction of the full orchestral score, there are more gains than losses to be found here

Andrew Clements

18, May, 2023 @2:00 PM

LPO/Gardner review – Brett Dean provides tantalising prelude to cool Mahler

World premiere of this extract from Dean’s ‘planned opera’ was full of vivid colour and ear-catching textures. The Mahler that followed was stylish and unsentimental

Flora Willson

27, Apr, 2023 @12:47 PM

BBC Singers/LSO review – music, and words, of power as Rattle protests vandalism of UK’s musical life

Superbly executed Mahler was given fire by the addition of Poulenc’s work from the just saved BBC Singers – and a fierce attack on arts funding by the conductor

Tim Ashley

24, Apr, 2023 @12:05 PM

Absolute power, misconduct and decline: the classical music pieces that unlock Tár

In his controversial film, Todd Field foregrounds melancholic works by Mahler and Elgar. Are they a requiem for Cate Blanchett’s supremely powerful conductor?

Phil Hebblethwaite

20, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Harding review – gorgeous Mahler with expressionist edge

Daniel Harding led a modernist interpretation of Mahler’s Ninth full of fierce drama, eloquence and intensity, in the orchestra’s thrilling return to this hall

Andrew Clements

06, Nov, 2022 @1:45 PM

The week in classical: The Marriage of Figaro; Mahler Symphony No 8 review – phenomenal

Mozart’s divine comedy is a shimmering feast for Glyndebourne, while Mahler’s epic symphony brings joy and redemption to a packed Royal Albert Hall

Fiona Maddocks

29, Oct, 2022 @11:30 AM

RPO/Petrenko review – Mahler’s grand and imposing 8th sounds as if it belongs here

Vasily Petrenko and the huge forces required for this choral symphony navigated the score with agility and conviction, but the dramatic connection remained elusive

Andrew Clements

24, Oct, 2022 @11:59 AM

Prom 62: Berlin Philharmonic/Petrenko review – sinister magic marks a concert of startling brilliance

Petrenko proved his mastery of Mahler’s Seventh yet again as he brought out its lurking ambiguity in a performance that hovered between dream and nightmare

Tim Ashley

04, Sep, 2022 @12:02 PM