New York Philharmonic – A Concert for New York / Mahler: Symphony No.2

A Concert for New York In Remembrance and Renewal – The Tenth Anniversary of 9/11

The New York Philharmonic – America’s preeminent symphony orchestra – gave “A Concert for New York” to mark the tenth anniversary of the events of 9/11. What work could be better suited to the occasion than Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony with its “evocation of every aspect of life” and “its profound sense of hope”, as the Philharmonic’s Music Director Alan Gilbert put it? This concert became an unforgettable event, a “consistently impressive” performance with “gripping playing”, “magnificent” soloists and an “excellent” chorus (New York Times).

BONUS (tbc): Alan Gilbert & Zubin Mehta about “A Concert for New York”

Alan Gilbert has the right sense of momentum and expectation — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012