Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival 2020)

Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony is one of the composer’s most compelling and enigmatic works. Conducting the Vienna Philharmonic at the 2020 Salzburg Festival, Andris Nelsons combines dramatic tension with great tonal nuance. From the unrelenting march rhythm of the first movement to the famous hammer blows in the finale, Mahler’s visionary sound world unfolds in all its emotional intensity.

The performance took place as part of the Vienna Philharmonic’s Mahler cycle with Andris Nelsons and documents the close collaboration between the Latvian conductor and an orchestra that has been one of the most important interpreters of Mahler’s symphonies for decades.