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An evening-long meditation on life and the hereafter, devised by Sakari Oramo and featuring the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s astonishing final masterpiece Hush.

We join Aurora Orchestra for a programme that lifts its eyes to the horizon and glimpses the divine from Earth. Each of the works takes comfort in the prospect of a world beyond - in the beauty of nature, in human imagination, or in paradise after death.

We join Aurora Orchestra for a programme that lifts its eyes to the horizon and glimpses the divine from Earth. Each of the works takes comfort in the prospect of a world beyond - in the beauty of nature, in human imagination, or in paradise after death.

As Gustav Mahler began his Ninth Symphony, he was fully aware of its portent. Like Beethoven, Schubert and Bruckner before him, his Ninth was to be the last he finished.

Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s playful Fourth Symphony – and plays the violin too, as Kurt Weill retells the myth of Orpheus in his own, utterly original style.

Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.

Orchestra challenges, piano responds with Tchaikovsky's grand tune. Seabirds soar in Pacific skies. A young artist embarks on a lifelong voyage, narrated by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO and conductor Tito Muñoz. Pianist Alim Beisembayev, a luminous talent, is the soloist.

Goodnight, Vienna: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra brings its season to an unforgettable close.

There’s been a long history of composers writing musical gifts for the women they loved, and tonight’s Season Closing Concert features two of the finest.

There’s been a long history of composers writing musical gifts for the women they loved, and tonight’s Season Closing Concert features two of the finest.

The season ends with Mahler’s Symphony No.3, a hymn to the natural world. John Storgårds is joined by contralto Jess Dandy.

Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra open their new season with Mahler’s heartrending Ninth Symphony.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a programme that is a greater expression of the titanic power of the symphony orchestra. Tonight, more is most certainly more.

Inspired by the Italian sun and hearty dances he played with his Hungarian violinist friend in his youth, Brahms’ gloriously lyrical Violin Concerto seems to express the very soul of the violin.

Sir Donald Runnicles joins forces with Edinburgh Festival Chorus for Mahler’s epic Resurrection Symphony at the Usher Hall. A monumental musical event!

Mahler’s Resurrection is a colossal work of drama, beauty, and power.