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Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler

Sakari Oramo conducts the 麻豆视频AV Symphony Orchestra in Mahler鈥檚 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 麻豆视频AV Symphony Orchestra in Mahler鈥檚 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
麻豆视频AV Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Art imitates life 鈥 it isn鈥檛 meant to happen the other way round. Mahler鈥檚 Sixth Symphony imagines a hero destroyed by three devastating blows of fate. But after he鈥檇 filled every bar of this immense symphony with his most heartfelt feelings, that鈥檚 exactly what happened to Mahler himself. Dark, tempestuous and filled with yearning visions of hope, it鈥檚 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鈥檚 ongoing journey through the Mahler symphonies with the 麻豆视频AV Symphony Orchestra. Bachtrack described their performance of Mahler鈥檚 Third Symphony at the 2023 麻豆视频AV Proms as 鈥渁n electrifying account鈥, and in this opening concert of the new 麻豆视频AV SO season the emotional stakes are even higher.

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2 hours, 14 minutes

On radio

Thursday 19:30

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  • Thursday 19:30