Aavik & Mahler’s Ninth

Sat, 23 January 2027, 7:00 p.m. Pärnu Concert Hall

Henri Christofer Aavik, conductor

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 9 in D major (1909)
(chamber orchestra arrangement by Iain Farrington)

Part of the Masterworks concert series.

For the first time, Pärnu City Orchestra presents one of the early twentieth century’s most significant masterpieces: Austrian composer Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9. The master’s final completed work, shaped by a life marked by personal tragedy, confronts the listener with profound existential themes—love, solitude, the fragility of life and society, the beauty of what has passed and the inexorable approach of death. Music that was largely misunderstood in its own time has since spoken powerfully to generations of listeners and, amid the uncertainties of today’s world, may feel more relevant than ever.