According to some it is his greatest symphonic work, for Schönberg and Berg it is a brilliant example of harmonic invention, critics have been attracted to it since the first performance. And yet, Gustav Mahler's Seventh Symphony remains among the least known. Riccardo Chailly opens the 2025 season of the Filarmonica della Scala by choosing a rare work, tortuous since its gestation in the summer of 1905, which took place “in a fit of fury” as his wife Alma wrote. The Maestro shows us all the richness of this work, enclosed in a vast and changing orchestral group, which paints those unforgettable soundscapes that are typically Mahlerian.
Direttore Principale della Filarmonica della Scala dal 2015 e Direttore Musicale del Teatro alla Scala dal 2017, Riccardo Chailly è uno dei direttori più rilevanti della sua generazione.
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