大象传媒

Live from St. David's Hall, Cardiff

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas

Thomas Sondergard conducts the 大象传媒 National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales in Satyricon by Composer in Association B Tommy Anderson, and Mahler's 2nd Symphony with soloists Susan Gritton and Jennifer Johnston.

B Tommy Andersson: Satyricon

8.25 Interval - Nicola Heywood Thomas looks back with B Tommy Andersson over his year as Composer in Association with 大象传媒 NOW - and forward to his 大象传媒 Proms commission in September

8.50 Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C minor (Resurrection)

大象传媒 National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)

Thomas S酶nderg氓rd closes the orchestra's St David's Hall season with Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony, summoning the full force of the orchestra and chorus to conjure the afterlife through music.
It's paired with B Tommy Andersson's Satyricon, a piece inspired by the tales of three young men in Ancient Rome. Written by the Latin author Petronius, they chronicle the amusing and sometimes risqu茅 adventures of the lead character Encolpius. The rhythmic and extroverted music paints a picture of the scene, ending with, in the composer's words, "a grotesque dance, wild and noisy".