Mahler

The Basque National Orchestra will conclude Season 24/25 as he opened it: with a great Mahler symphony. Symphony No.7, completed by Mahler in 1905, is a triumphant work that departs from the personal narrative of other symphonies to offer us a metaphysical journey from night to day (hence its nickname, "Song of the Night"). It is also a symphony of nature, taking in the Carinthian landscape of Lake Wörthersee, where Mahler spent two summers composing it: "With the first dip of the oars in the water, the theme of the introduction (or rather, its rhythm, its atmosphere) came to me", the Bohemian composer would recall years later.