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Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler

Sakari Oramo conducts the ѿý Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s tragic Sixth Symphony, a work for vast orchestral forces and famed for the hammer blows of fate in the final movement.

Sakari Oramo conducts the ѿý Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s tragic Sixth Symphony, a work for vast orchestral forces and famed for the hammer blows of fate in the final movement.

Live at the Barbican. Presented by Martin Handley.

Mahler: Symphony No.6 in A minor
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Art imitates life – it isn’t meant to happen the other way round. Mahler’s Sixth Symphony imagines a hero destroyed by three devastating blows of fate. But after he’d filled every bar of this immense symphony with his most heartfelt feelings, that’s exactly what happened to Mahler himself. Dark, tempestuous and filled with yearning visions of hope, it’s a musical experience that leaves few listeners unmoved.

The Sixth Symphony is a mighty challenge for any conductor and orchestra, and this should be a landmark in Sakari Oramo’s ongoing journey through the Mahler symphonies with the ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Bachtrack described their performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony at the 2023 ѿý Proms as “an electrifying account”, and in this opening concert of the new ѿý SO season the emotional stakes are even higher.

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Thu 26 Sep 2024 19:30

Music Played

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 6 In A Minor

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Henry Purcell

    O Sing unto the Lord, Z.44

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Singer: Peter Harvey. Singer: Christopher Purves. Singer: Julian Podger. Singer: Susan Hemington Jones. Singer: Charles Daniels. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • The All Baroque-Box: from Monteverdi to Bach.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 15.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Quartet in D major

    Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in D flat major, Op 30 No 3

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 20.

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Sep 2024 19:30