5 ***** STAR MAHLER WITH BELGIAN NATIONAL

What a week in BOZAR…. Powerful depths of Mahler monumental 7th Symphony, together with the breathtaking beauty of Strauss 4 Last songs, sung by the amazing Christiane Karg.

Forumopera wrote a raving review:

…Antony Hermus knows exactly when to support his musicians and when to give them free rein. …The first Nachtmusik becomes a festival of delightful details, the Scherzo is gripping with its blend of anxiety and hedonism, and the second Nachtmusik does justice to its marking: andante amoroso. The finale is indeed that “radiant daylight” Mahler envisioned, where the musicians, …, play with heartfelt exuberance, exploring every corner of a score that turns the orchestra itself into a spectacle, to the sheer delight of an ecstatic audience.

5 *****