The Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino played a leading role in the founding of the festival of that name in 1933. After Salzburg’s, Florence’s May Festival is one of Europe’s oldest. Its list of conductors is long, their names prominent: Victor de Sabata, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Erich Kleiber, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado, Carlos Kleiber, Sir Georg Solti and Seiji Ozawa. Richard Strauss, Pietro Mascagni, Paul Hindemith, Igor Stravinsky and many other composers have conducted the orchestra in their own works.
At Abu Dhabi Classics, the Florence orchestra and chorus will present Mahler’s colossal Second Symphony, familiarly known as the „Resurrection“, under the baton of Indian conductor Zubin Mehta. The concert will take place in the impressively atmospheric Jahili fort in Al Ain, the flower-be - decked oasis city east of the capital Abu Dhabi.
TU 07 APR 09
8:00pm, Al Jahili Fort in the unique oasis city Al Ain
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence)
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2 in C minor, „Resurrection“ Symphony
TICKETSConcert, exhibition and awards ceremony for the Abu Dhabi children’s painting competition „Pictures at an Exhibition“.
The prizes will be awarded by Zubin Mehta, Abu Dhabi Classics conductor-in-residence for the 2008/09 season.
The Abu Dhabi Classics Academy represents an entire world surrounding the concerts of Abu Dhabi Classics: workshops, film presentations, open rehearsals etc. Free introductory events are being planned in conjunction with virtually every concert. The Abu Dhabi Classics Academy will build bridges between artists and audiences, between generations and between cultures. It is intended for long-time music lovers as well as newcomers – in fact for everyone united by their love of good music.