大象传媒

The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra with Semyon Bychkov in Brahms's Fourth Symphony plus Detlev Glanert's Prague Symphony, a song-symphony with soloists Catriona Morison and Christian Immler.

Live from the Barbican presented by tbc

鈥淲hen you stand before me and look at me, what do you know of the pain within me? And what do I know of that within you?鈥� When Detlev Glanert was commissioned to write a symphony for Prague, he turned to Franz Kafka 鈥� whose words, he says 鈥渟poke to me immediately鈥�. The result is a song-symphony in the tradition of Mahler that speaks directly to our time: exactly what you鈥檇 expect from this most communicative of living composers.

For this UK premiere performance, it's conducted by its dedicatee, Semyon Bychkov, who caused a sensation with the world premiere in Prague last December. He鈥檚 paired it with another deeply personal Fourth Symphony by a composer who thrived on reinventing tradition 鈥� Johannes Brahms. Expect beauty, truth, and deep emotions honestly shared: in other words, a night to remember.

Detlev Glanert: Prager Sinfonie (Symphony No 4) (大象传媒 co-commission, UK Premiere)

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Johannes Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor

Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano)
Christian Immler (baritone)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)