Hong Kong Cultural Centre Venue Partnership Scheme: Tarmo Peltokoski Conducts Mahler 8

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Tarmo Peltokoski launches his first season as Music Director of the HK Phil with Mahler’s colossal Symphony no. 8 – a score he believes “should be saved for the most special, rare occasions.” This landmark programme also marks the HK Phil premiere of Mahler’s Eighth, completing the orchestra’s long‑awaited journey through all of Mahler’s symphonies. Few works rival the scale and ambition of this masterpiece, which Peltokoski describes as “cosmic, universal, heavenly, uniting,” and filled with “some of the deepest, most primitive aspects of our existence.” A stellar lineup of international and HK artists powers this vibrant inauguration of the “Finnish conducting miracle” – a triumphant new chapter for the HK Phil under its new Music Director.

貝托祺以馬勒第八交響曲揭開他作為港樂音樂總監首個樂季的序幕，他認為這首龐然鉅作，「應當保留給最珍罕而特別的時刻」。這次馬勒八港樂首演，同時見證樂團完成演奏全部馬勒交響曲的歷史時刻，意義非凡。貝托祺形容這首編制龐大的交響曲「如宇宙般宏大、普世人間、超凡入聖、眾志成城」，並蘊藏着「人世間一些最深層、最原始的特質」。獲譽為「芬蘭指揮奇才」的貝托祺，聯同國際及本地精英陣容，以港樂音樂總監身份，與樂團邁向輝煌新篇章。