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Celebrating Bernard Haitink: London Symphony Orchestra

Continuing the series of archive concerts celebrating Bernard Haitink, a performance of Mahler's Ninth Symphony with the LSO, recorded live at the Barbican Hall in May 2017.

Bernard Haitink's guest appearances with the LSO were hotly anticipated events and his 2017 benchmark performance of Mahler's great Ninth Symphony certainly lived up to expectations. As The Guardian critic put it, this was 'an exceptional performance, unblinkingly direct and faultlessly played by the LSO... objective and utterly coherent... few usher the final Adagio towards its faltering close with more care and gentle humanity than Haitink did here.' After the concert, violinist Lennox Mackenzie shares his memories of playing in the concert, and of Haitink.

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 9

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114

    Performer: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Bartok: Six String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet.
    • DG.
    • 19.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mache dich, mein Herze (St Matthew Passion, BWV.244)

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Richter.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod (Cantata No 82)

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Choir: Berliner Motettenchor. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Karl Ristenpart. Conductor: Karl Ristenpart.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Jan 2022 19:30