These days, the word “legendary” is overused. If it applies to anyone, it would be the conductor Zubin Mehta. We are very glad the former chief conductor of orchestras in Los Angeles, New York, and Tel Aviv, now in his 90th year, is reuniting with the Czech Philharmonic after half a century. At the Velvet Revolution Concerts, he will conduct Mahler’s Second Symphony, called the Resurrection Symphony.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”
Lucy Crowe soprano
Okka von der Damerau mezzo-soprano
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Zubin Mehta conductor
Czech Philharmonic
On 30 May 1972, Mehta appeared with the leading Czech orchestra in Smetana Hall at the Municipal House to conduct Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 in C minor. It was with the Resurrection that he symbolically parted with the Israel Philharmonic in 2019, having led them for 42 long years.
The Czech Philharmonic and the Prague Philharmonic Choir also have close ties to Mahler’s music. Together, they recorded the Second Symphony as part of a Mahler cycle being made under the baton of chief conductor Semyon Bychkov in cooperation with the recording label Pentatone.
“The Second Symphony, ‘Resurrection’, was inspired by the eternal question: ‘Why are we here?’ Its five movements show the cycle of life with all its struggles: suffering, joy, irony, humour, love, and doubts… All along, however, it is faith that brings final certainty,” says Bychkov, characterising the work. Mehta’s view of Mahler is similar. According to him, in the composer’s works he tries to “find the inner peace that he never had”.
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The sale of individual tickets for subscription concerts (orchestral, chamber, educational) will begin on 2 June 2025 at 10 a.m.
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Customer service is available on weekdays from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm.
