The benefit concert of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO) in favor of the Advent calendar for good works of the Süddeutsche Zeitung has a proud tradition. But this year’s one will be remembered as particularly memorable. For a couple of reasons.
A world-famous orchestra that performs Gustav Mahler’s ninth symphony under its new chief conductor – the world-famous Sir Simon Rattle -: It’s an attraction. The location of the performance – the Isarphilharmonie, which only opened in October and is lined with dark wood, on the grounds of the Gasteig-Interim in Sendling: This is a new place of curiosity in Munich’s cultural landscape.
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The circumstances of the evening – because of the Corona requirements, only 450 of the 1,800 places were allowed to be occupied at short notice, and that only with rigid mask requirements and generously calculated safety distances: That was a logistical feat of strength that welcomed the lucky ones who were admitted on Friday evening brought a truly unusual experience.
“We live in strange times”, said Hendrik Munsberg, deputy Advent calendar chairman, in his welcoming speech and assessed the evening as “a wonderful symbol for art and music – and for helping people in need”.
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The 1,800 tickets for the benefit concert of the BR Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle were sold quickly. But Corona thwarted the dream of a well-attended concert again. Due to the stricter rules, only 450 people were allowed into the hall of the new Isarphilharmonie.
Image: Stephan Rumpf
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At the podium is the furious and sensitive Sir Simon Rattle, who will lead the orchestra from the 2023/2024 concert season. With Mahler’s ninth symphony, musicians and conductors have already shown what great things the city can expect.
Image: Stephan Rumpf
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Whatever the evening was: “A wonderful symbol for art and music – and for helping people in need,” as Hendrik Munsberg, the deputy director of the SZ advent calendar, said. Because the proceeds from the concert go to the association, which helps people when they don’t know what to do next.
Image: Stephan Rumpf
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To bring together and to merge: Simon Rattle will also take on this mission in Munich, where he will be chief conductor from the 2023/24 concert season. Munsberg quoted his former teacher at the Royal Academy of Music, John Streets, with the telling sentence: “There is a boy with eyes like stars rushing around the Academy.”
The power this glow releases – that could be experienced at the concert that followed. Even if the BRSO dedicated the concert to the memory of the conductor Bernard Haitink, who died in October and with whom it had a history spanning six decades, it was anything but a backward-looking evening. But someone who showed how much Rattle, 66, has plans with the orchestra. And in this city.
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