CONCERTS BY THE ATHENS STATE ORCHESTRA
A great favourite with Athenian audiences, Slovenian veteran conductor Uroš Lajovic will conduct the great Austrian Romantic symphonist’s Third Symphony, a hymn to Nature’s idyllic aspect, as well as its wild, ‘Dionysiac’ side. As in most of his symphonies, the scrupulous ‘magnifying glass’ of Mahler’s thought produces a unique balance between highly intricate rhetorical statements and a profound lyricism that is both simple and unaffected.
-Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Lilli Paasikivi mezzo-soprano
The ERT [National Broadcasting Corporation] Chorus
The Athens Mixed Municipal Choir
The Rosarte Children’s Choir
The Athens State Orchestra
Conducted by Uroš Lajovic
Free introductory talk for ticket holders at 19:45
Kindly supported by the Embassy of Slovenia in Athens