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Sultry Berg and and a lithe, forceful Beethoven Nine herald an exciting new reign in Berlin.

Tonight’s concert was a prime example of the solid programming of Southbank Centre’s The Rest is Noise festival. The concert, titled “Music from Dark Times”, included pieces by Webern, Berg, Bartók and Martinů, written between 1934 and 1941, which were indeed dark times for all these composers.

Die Wiener Philharmoniker bringen zum Ausdruck, inwiefern der gesellschaftliche Auf- und Abstieg Lulus mit ihrem verklärenden Tod so manches mit der andächtigen Spiritualität Anton Bruckners gemein hat.