For the Beginning / SMS 1
Programme
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Glasbena Matica Mixed Choir
Kakhi Solomnishvili, conductor
Darija Auguštan, soprano
Nuška Drašček, mezzo-soprano
In a letter to a friend, Gustav Mahler wrote about himself and his Second Symphony: “The effect is so great that it is impossible to describe. If I had to say anything about this magnificent composition in this letter, it would sound too arrogant… The whole composition sounds as if it had come to us from another world. I don’t think anyone can resist this music. A man is first annihilated, and then he is raised to the highest heights on the wings of an angel.”