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Mahler Symphony No 5

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, with composer conductor Ryan Wigglesworth, in Mahler's famed Fifth Symphony. Plus, music by Ryan Wigglesworth himself, inspired by poet George Herbert.

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, with composer conductor Ryan Wigglesworth, in Mahler's famed Fifth Symphony. Plus music by Ryan Wigglesworth himself, inspired by poet George Herbert.

Mahler鈥檚 Fifth Symphony begins with a funeral march 鈥� but that鈥檚 only the start of this particular story, with its tragedies, triumphs and distant horn-calls - plus, of course, the famous Adagietto, possibly the sweetest love-letter ever written in sound. Ryan Wigglesworth brings a composer鈥檚 insight to Mahler鈥檚 huge vision 鈥� and conducts his own song-cycle Till Dawning.

鈥淐an there be any day but this / Though many suns to shine endeavour?鈥� Like Mahler鈥檚 symphony, Till Dawning tells a story of suffering, struggle and triumphant reawakening, and this new orchestral version only heightens its emotional intensity. Elizabeth Watts is the soprano soloist.

Presented by Hannah French
Live at the Barbican London

Ryan Wigglesworth: Till Dawning (UK premiere)

19.50 Interval (off CD)
Joanna M眉ller-Hermann (1878 - 1941)
String Quartet in Eb Major Op.6
The Artis Quartett of Vienna
Mvts: 1-3 [ i) Moderato; ii) Allegro Vivace; iii) Adagio con spirito

20.10
Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 20 Jan 2023 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ryan Wigglesworth

    Till Dawning

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Johanna M眉ller-Hermann

    String Quartet in E Flat Major Op;6 Movt 1-3

    Ensemble: Artis Quartett Vienna.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Paysage, Op. 38

    Performer: Stephanie McCallum.
    • Perfume: The Exquisite Piano Music Of France.
    • AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORP.
    • 04.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Quartet in A major Op. 30 ; Mvt 2 Tres calme

    Performer: The Schubert Ensemble.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Concerto in D Major, Op.21 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Ensemble: Salagon Quartet.
    • Cesar Franck:聽Sonata for Piano and Violin - Ernest Chausson: Concert.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Rustic Dance (La Tempete)

    Performer: Anne-C茅cile Cuniot. Music Arranger: Takenori Nemoto. Ensemble: Musica Nigella. Conductor: Takenori Nemoto.
    • Chausson le litt茅raire.
    • Klarthe.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Jan 2023 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3