The Prague Spring will celebrate 2011, the Year of Mahler, in grand style. The coming season of the Festival, starting on May 12 and closing on June 4, promises to be a show of the best orchestras in the world and Mahler's 'unperformable' Symphony of a Thousand will also be performed.
After years of negotiations the Prague Spring has finally managed to get the Berliner Philharmoniker to appear at the Festival. They are coming with their artistic director and principal conductor Sir Simon Rattle. The San Francisco Symphony, a regular guest of the Festival, is also returning to the Festival. With Michael Tilson Thomas they will perform on two evenings. Another orchestra is coming our way from overseas as well, the New York Philharmonic, with the violinist Lisa Batiashvili, who was originally scheduled to perform at the 2007 Prague Spring. |