“In pensive mood (and speechless) after a miraculously balanced and deeply touching performance of Mahler 9 by the @yle_rso and my greatest hero Herbert Blomstedt. He has a unique way to go straight to the heart of the music by creating a completely organic flow; often we feel that the music is simply unfolding itself guided by its DNA. What a gift. I’ll make sure I have a ticket when he conducts his 100th birthday concert.”
Esa-Pekka Salonen on Herbert Blomstedt’s Finnish Radio Mahler Nine, second performance, Nov. 14.
