Andris Nelsons conducts the Mahler Fifth.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
It's amazing what a century can do.
On Monday night, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra visited Carnegie Hall to play two pieces. The first was Aerial, a 1999 trumpet concerto by Austrian enfant terrible HK Gruber. It was paired with the Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler. However, a hundred years ago, Mahler's music was considered just as radical as Mr. Gruber's work.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
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| Håkan Hardenberger (left) with Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Photo © 2017 Boston Symphony Orchestra by Dominick Reuter. |
On Monday night, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra visited Carnegie Hall to play two pieces. The first was Aerial, a 1999 trumpet concerto by Austrian enfant terrible HK Gruber. It was paired with the Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler. However, a hundred years ago, Mahler's music was considered just as radical as Mr. Gruber's work.
