Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra: The Romantics: Mahler 5 and Coleridge-Taylor at Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Brighton and Hove on Sunday 19th October 2025

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra: The Romantics

Mahler 5 and Coleridge-Taylor

Part of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra 2025-2026 Season

Add to my Calendar 19-10-2025 14:45 19-10-2025 16:45 36 Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra: The Romantics Coleridge-Taylor’s lyrical violin concerto and Mahler’s ‘Death in Venice’ symphony combine in a passionate, heroic programme. Mahler wrote wonderfully about his fifth symphony: ‘This primeval music, this foaming, roaring, sea of sound,’ he said. ‘These dancing stars… these breathtaking, iridescent and flashing breakers…’ His pivotal symphony – premiered in 1904 – came at a time of turbulence and joy: serious health problems necessitating a break from conducting in Vienna, and his deep love affair with Alma Schindler, later his wife. The symphony’s 70-minute, five movement-trajectory reflects this journey from mourning to triumph; the exquisitely beautiful and personal Adagietto, unforgettable in Visconti’s film Death in Venice, is a rapturous love episode before the blazing, brass-led finale. Mahler’s fifth symphony is his testament to life, bridging romanticism and modernism: music that takes us to the edge of the abyss, offers us consolation, then passion. Before that, the trail-blazing American violinist Elena Urioste performs Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s richly lyrical violin concerto, first performed in 1912. The son of an English mother and Sierra Leonian father, Coleridge-Taylor’s gifts as composer and conductor were cut short at 37, leaving us iconic, popular works like Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast. His music is imbued with romantic melody and glittering virtuosity. Don’t miss this gorgeous concerto, delivered by its most celebrated interpreter. ‘It’s hard to imagine a finer advocate for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto than Elena Urioste, who dispensed gleaming tone, flawless technique and generous expressivity.’ – The Dallas Morning News Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Brighton and Hove DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Church Street
Brighton and Hove
East Sussex
BN1 1UD
England

Sunday 19th October 2025
2:45 PM

Tickets

Prices: £13, £20, £28, £34, £39 / Under 30s from £10 / £1 child tickets / 50% off Low-Income Concessions
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Programme

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Violin Concerto, Op.80
Gustav Mahler – Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor

Performers

Elena Urioste – violin
Ben Gernon – Conductor

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra

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Programme Note

Coleridge-Taylor’s lyrical violin concerto and Mahler’s ‘Death in Venice’ symphony combine in a passionate, heroic programme.

Mahler wrote wonderfully about his fifth symphony: ‘This primeval music, this foaming, roaring, sea of sound,’ he said. ‘These dancing stars… these breathtaking, iridescent and flashing breakers…’

His pivotal symphony – premiered in 1904 – came at a time of turbulence and joy: serious health problems necessitating a break from conducting in Vienna, and his deep love affair with Alma Schindler, later his wife. The symphony’s 70-minute, five movement-trajectory reflects this journey from mourning to triumph; the exquisitely beautiful and personal Adagietto, unforgettable in Visconti’s film Death in Venice, is a rapturous love episode before the blazing, brass-led finale. Mahler’s fifth symphony is his testament to life, bridging romanticism and modernism: music that takes us to the edge of the abyss, offers us consolation, then passion.

Before that, the trail-blazing American violinist Elena Urioste performs Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s richly lyrical violin concerto, first performed in 1912. The son of an English mother and Sierra Leonian father, Coleridge-Taylor’s gifts as composer and conductor were cut short at 37, leaving us iconic, popular works like Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast. His music is imbued with romantic melody and glittering virtuosity. Don’t miss this gorgeous concerto, delivered by its most celebrated interpreter.

‘It’s hard to imagine a finer advocate for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto than Elena Urioste, who dispensed gleaming tone, flawless technique and generous expressivity.’ – The Dallas Morning News

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