"Mahler Universe: Symphony No. 9" at the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Maestro Josep Pons, at the helm of the theatre's orchestra, will unravel the mysteries of Gustav Mahler's last symphony (Kaliste, Bohemia, 1860 - Vienna, 1911): the Ninth. Premiered posthumously, it encompasses the essences of the world: from haunting subtlety to the most expansive eloquence. A great opportunity to let ourselves be seduced by a true Mahlerian like Pons. 

Gustav Mahler was highly aware of death while composing his Symphony No. 9: his daughter Maria, four years old, had died in 1907 and he could not even bear to mention the girl's name. The family decided to move to Toblach (Tyrol, on the Austro-Italian border), in search of a new place to spend their summer holidays, fleeing from memories. It was precisely in this place that he wrote Das Lied von der Erde (1908), the Ninth (1909), and the fragments of the Tenth (1910).