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Live from Snape Maltings, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ SO conducted by Hannu Lintu. Anna Thorvaldsdottir's AIÅŒN, Mahler's Symphony No.1, and to begin, Ciel d'hiver d'hiver by the late Kaija Saariaho.

Plunge into a multi-dimensional world of the most extraordinary orchestral sonorities. Mahler's Symphony No.1, pulses with the sap and rhythms of nature and the heady questions of life. And immerse your ears in the UK premiere of Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s AIŌN, an electrifying exploration of time.

Thorvaldsdottir describes her symphonic work as 'being inspired by the abstract metaphor of being able to move freely in time, of being able to explore time as a space that you inhabit rather than experiencing it as a one-directional journey through a single dimension. Disorienting at first, you realise that time extends in all directions simultaneously and that whenever you feel like it, you can access any moment, even simultaneously. How we relate to our lives, to the ecosystem and to our place in the broader scheme of things, and how at any given moment we are connected both to the past and to the future, not just of our own lives but across - and beyond - generations.'

The concert begins with a tribute to the great Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died on 2nd June.

Live from Snape Maltings as part of the Aldeburgh Festival 2023
Presented by Martin Handley

Kaija Saariaho: Ciel d’Hiver (from Orion)
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: AIÅŒN (UK premiere)

20.00 Interval: Britten Folksong arrangements (off CD)

Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough Boy
Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy Dew
Christopher Maltman (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)

Britten: Two Ballads (1936)
i) Mother Comfort [Montagu Slater]
ii) Underneath the Abject Willow [Auden]
Felicity Lott (soprano) Ann Murray (mezzo) Graham Johnson (piano)

Honey and the Bear: Springtime
Lucy Hart and Jon Hart (voice and guitar)

Britten: Folksong Arrangements – Book 4: "Moore's Irish Melodies": The Last Rose of Summer
Ailish Tynan (soprano) Iain Burnside (piano)

20.20 Concert Part 2
Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D

´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu (conductor)