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The Concertgebouw
1903 - Invited by Willem Mengelberg, Mahler guest-conducts the RCO in his own Symphonies No. 1 and No. 3. This was the beginning of a deep musical friendship between the two conductors. "I feel as though I found a second home in Amsterdam" Mahler writes to Mengelberg after this visit. He conducts premieres of several of his other symphonies in 1904, 1906 and 1909. This was the start of an everlasting relationship between the RCO and Gustav Mahler.
1911 - Only four months after Gustav Mahler's sudden death, Willem Mengelberg and the RCO start an unprecedented campaign for Mahler's music. During nine concert seasons, Mengelberg dedicates between 10 to 34 concerts every season to his dear friend’s music, culminating in the Mahler Festival of 1920. The Symphonies No. 1 and No. 4 and Das Lied von der Erde are his favourites.
1920 - 'The Netherlands, and foremost of all, the Queen, are most proud of Willem Mengelberg'. This homage by H.R.H. Prince Hendrik of The Netherlands officially started the Silver Jubilee of the immensely popular Mengelberg with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. In an unprecedented Mahler Festival of worldwide significance Mengelberg performs the entire body of his dear friend and kindred spirit, Gustav Mahler; an eleven-day tour-de-force by both conductor and orchestra.
The Concertgebouw
1903 - Invited by Willem Mengelberg, Mahler guest-conducts the RCO in his own Symphonies No. 1 and No. 3. This was the beginning of a deep musical friendship between the two conductors. "I feel as though I found a second home in Amsterdam" Mahler writes to Mengelberg after this visit. He conducts premieres of several of his other symphonies in 1904, 1906 and 1909. This was the start of an everlasting relationship between the RCO and Gustav Mahler.
1911 - Only four months after Gustav Mahler's sudden death, Willem Mengelberg and the RCO start an unprecedented campaign for Mahler's music. During nine concert seasons, Mengelberg dedicates between 10 to 34 concerts every season to his dear friend’s music, culminating in the Mahler Festival of 1920. The Symphonies No. 1 and No. 4 and Das Lied von der Erde are his favourites.
1920 - 'The Netherlands, and foremost of all, the Queen, are most proud of Willem Mengelberg'. This homage by H.R.H. Prince Hendrik of The Netherlands officially started the Silver Jubilee of the immensely popular Mengelberg with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. In an unprecedented Mahler Festival of worldwide significance Mengelberg performs the entire body of his dear friend and kindred spirit, Gustav Mahler; an eleven-day tour-de-force by both conductor and orchestra.