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Prom 49: Mahler – Symphony No. 6

Part of the Proms 2015 Series

Add to my Calendar 22-08-2015 18:30 22-08-2015 20:30 36 Prom 49: Mahler – Symphony No. 6 Two contrasting heroes share the limelight in this evening of musical drama from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its new Chief Conductor, Andris Nelsons. Brett Dean’s trumpet concerto Dramatis personae, composed for tonight’s Swedish virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger, assigns all roles to the trumpet, casting him by turns as fallen superhero and accidental revolutionary. Mahler’s Sixth Symphony sees the composer himself as cursed hero - one, he explained, ‘on whom fall three blows of fate, the last of which fells him as a tree is felled’. The conclusion may be a tragic one but there are also scenes of beauty and joy in a work that includes a glowing theme associated with Mahler’s wife Alma. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England

Programme

Brett Dean – Dramatis Personae
~ Interval ~
Gustav Mahler – Symphony no.6 in A minor

Performers

Hakan Hardenberger – trumpet
 Andris Nelsons – Conductor

Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

Two contrasting heroes share the limelight in this evening of musical drama from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its new Chief Conductor, Andris Nelsons. Brett Dean’s trumpet concerto Dramatis personae, composed for tonight’s Swedish virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger, assigns all roles to the trumpet, casting him by turns as fallen superhero and accidental revolutionary. Mahler’s Sixth Symphony sees the composer himself as cursed hero - one, he explained, ‘on whom fall three blows of fate, the last of which fells him as a tree is felled’. The conclusion may be a tragic one but there are also scenes of beauty and joy in a work that includes a glowing theme associated with Mahler’s wife Alma.

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