Between longing and hope - Young Orchestra of the FU

With:

• Conductor - Antoine Rebstein
  
• Soloist - Anna-Luise Oppelt
  

The Young Orchestra of the Free University of Berlin presents two major works of the late Romantic period, each telling a different story of inner struggle, longing, and hope.

With his "Songs of a Wayfarer," Gustav Mahler created a profoundly personal song cycle in 1884/85, in which he explores unrequited love through simple, folk-song-like, yet emotionally rich imagery. The later orchestral version already reveals the distinctive sound that would come to characterize Mahler's symphonic output.

Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, was composed in 1906/07 during a period of profound self-doubt, yet after its premiere, it became one of his greatest successes. Expansive melodic lines, dark tonal colors, and the famous Adagio make the work a pinnacle of late Romantic symphonic music.

This concert evening focuses on two composers at pivotal moments in their lives—and demonstrates how music of timeless power can emerge from personal experience.