The British conductor talks about why Philadelphia is special to him, and how Mahler's 'Tragic' Symphony is a struggle between dark forces and optimism.
The British conductor talks about why Philadelphia is special to him, and how Mahler's"Tragic" Symphony is a struggle between dark forces and optimism.
I suppose we have to accept that the days of “build it and they will come” are over, as much as I enjoyed that. There is more and more to do with making orchestras a part of the communities and the cities that they are in, and part of the world around it. This is just simply more and more important, but also to the good because I think we’re all being stretched in directions that we otherwise might not be.
It’s interesting, because in middle Europe, there’s not the same struggle for audience. So in some ways we are able to experiment in further directions. In Munich, of course, the orchestra has had their Musica Viva series for more than half a century. You used to come to Philadelphia so often for a while, I think it was every other season or more. Why has it been so long since you were here last?
I have to ask you about the Mahler hammer strokes in the fourth movement. What device is used to make that sound and how many blows do you use? I somehow wonder if there be a way in which the hammer player could lift the hammer and not play it, and it makes some kind of emotional sense.
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