Among the accomplishments of the romantic music, we must add the attempt to express the finest feelings of the human soul, as well as the most grandiose aspects of the exterior world of the self. This way, music can make a connection between the inner world of the psychic and the exterior world of nature - or, in other cases, of the society. In this context, a good example is the musical programme that the members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have designed for March 11th: the musicians are going to perform The Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107, known as the Reformation, by Felix Mendelssohn and the Song Cycles - The Song of the Earth by Gustav Mahler.

The first of these was written in 1830 and revised in 1832. Begun in 1829, Mendelssohn intended the work to be performed on the occasion of the three-century anniversary of the Augsburg Confession in 1530 - one of the most important events in the history of the Lutheran Church - but the work could not be completed in time due to the composer's health problems (measles was among the diseases he suffered from at the time). Immediately after his recovery, however, the composer begun a new musical tour, but the work did not enjoy the success it deserved - so he revised it in 1832, the same year in which it was performed for the last time in the composer's lifetime. In 1838, Mendelssohn considered it a work of his youth - it was revived in concert life only in 1868, more than 20 years after the musician's death.

At the beginning of the last century, in 1907, Gustav Mahler was reading a collection of poems from classical Chinese literature translated into German. Inspired by them, he chose six of them for a symphonic work that would become Song of the Earth. The work, completed two years later, includes a large orchestral ensemble and two soloists performing alongside - usually a mezzo-soprano and tenor. This is also the version that the organizers of this concert have opted for, thus alongside the ensemble,under the conduction of Daniel Harding, the mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and the tenor Andrew Staples will perform on the BOZAR stage in Brussels.

Therefore good music in the company of outstanding artists, which we will be able to listen to on Tuesday, March 11th, starting at 9:00 PM on Radio România Muzical, live from Brussels, as part of the European Stage broadcast.