I'm So Excited!

The world renown Berliner Philharmoniker will begin its 2011-2012 concert season tomorrow night at 7 PM CET performing the complete Symphony Number 7 by Gustav Mahler with Sir Simon Rattle conducting at the Philharmonie in Berlin (pictured above).  I am really excited because I have a pass to see the concert which will be broadcast in a live streaming event via The Digital Concert Hall.  You may register here for your free pass courtesy of Deutsche Bank.  The program notes from The Digital Concert Hall are as follows:

"It is certainly the largest project the Berliner Philharmoniker have undertaken since Sir Simon Rattle took up office as chief conductor of the orchestra: the performance of all Gustav Mahler’s large-scale orchestral works over an eighteen-month period. To open the 2011/2012 season, the musicians present the Seventh Symphony, which even today causes heated debate among music lovers – due in particular to the final movement with its expression of unparalleled grandness and celebration.

Even supporters of the composer such as Otto Klemperer and Theodor W. Adorno were baffled by this finale which did not fit the image of the eternally doubting Mahler. Others believe the movement was intended as a parody of the craze at the time for all things big. Listeners today should form their own opinion – and in addition to the overwhelming nature of the symphony’s finale, not lose sight of the three middle movements which conjure up a unique nocturnal atmosphere, full of poetry and nature, with a ghostly scherzo at its centre."

The concert broadcast will be at Noon Texas time and I will be front row center at my computer for this exciting event.  I have posted below the season trailer  for the Berliner Philhamoniker.  I looked but could not find a recording by them of Mahler's work but I did find the first movement of Symphony 7 in a recording by the Vienna Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstien at the podium which I have also posted below.  

I also dug into my photo archives for for today's selection of lickable and delightful Men In Jeans for the eye candy section without which no post here at Nichevo would be complete.  I hope you get to join me in watching the concert live, however you will be able to see the the full concert after it is posted in the archives of The Digital Concert Hall.  Thanks for coming to visit today and I hope to see you tomorrow right here at Nichevo.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!