Staatskapelle Dresden, Daniele Gatti, conductor

The Staatskapelle Dresden, one of the world’s oldest orchestras, embodies centuries of European symphonic tradition. Today it is led by Italian conductor Daniele Gatti, known for his structural clarity and dramatic insight. The programme features Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, a work from the composer’s middle period in which he abandons the human voice in favour of a dense, uncompromising orchestral language, culminating in the famous hammer blows of the finale.