大象传媒

LIVE - Presented by Catherine Bott.

From St David's Hall in Cardiff, the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales under conductor Jac van Steen with Mahler's Symphony No. 6. Often referred to as the 'Tragic' symphony for its unsettling nature and its thunderous finale, this symphony remains one of the most enigmatic Mahler ever wrote. 'The only Sixth, despite Beethoven's Pastoral', wrote composer Alban Berg, one of its many admirers...

MAHLER - Symphony No. 6 in A minor

大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales,
Jac van Steen, conductor

Followed by a focus this week on composers as performers of their own pieces. Today, among other things, Dmitri Shostakovich performing his Concertino for two pianos, alongside his son Maxim, recorded in the Soviet Union in 1956.