The Halle and Mark Elder - Mahler's Sixth Symphony
From Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Mark Elder conducts The Halle with pianist Christian Zacharias joining them in Mozart. Mozart: Piano Concerto in A. Mahler: Symphony No 6.
Sir Mark Elder conducts the Halle in Mahler's Sixth Symphony and Christian Zacharias joins them as soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No.12.
Recorded last week at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
Presented by Adam Tomlinson
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12 in A, K414
8.00: Interval
8.20
Mahler: Symphony No.6 in A minor
The Hall茅
Christian Zacharias, piano
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Mahler's Sixth Symphony, a seminal work of 20th-century orchestral writing, was created during the happiest period of the composer's life. Its first movement features tinkling Alpine cowbells and a tender love theme representing Mahler's wife Alma, while the third portrays their children joyfully at play. Yet this almost schizophrenic work also possesses hugely tragic qualities, its finale punctuated at different points by three sinister hammer blows of fate. Whether or not Mahler had premonitions of tragedies about to befall him, the symphony features mammoth orchestral forces and an astonishingly wide emotional spectrum. Before this, the celebrated Mozart pianist, Christian Zacharias, plays the composer's A major Piano Concerto No 12, a piece that charmed the audiences of its time and continues to do so today.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No.12
Performer: Christian Zacharias. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅. -
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major K380
Performer: Christian Zacharias.- EMI CLASSICS.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet D 667 ('The Trout') - first movement
Performer: Christian Zacharias. Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett.- MDG.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.6 in A minor
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅.
Broadcast
- Mon 12 Oct 2015 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3