Programme
- Exsultate, jubilate(17 mins)
- Symphony in D major, K196/K121(9 mins)
- Aria 'Voi avete un cor fedele', K 217(7 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 4 in G major(57 mins)
Performers
- Carolyn Sampsonsoprano*
- Donald Runniclesconductor
Composers
Concert information
A jangling of sleighbells, a little flurry of birdsong from the flutes – and is that a melody by Mozart? Not quite. Mahler’s Fourth Symphony might be his most classical in proportion, his most playful in style – outwardly, at any rate. But from deceptively innocent beginning to the “child’s vision of heaven” with which it ends, the Fourth has depths as poignant and profound as anything Mahler ever wrote. ±«Óătv SSO Conductor Emeritus Donald Runnicles is just the person to draw out its inner drama, and he’s joined by soprano Carolyn Sampson – who begins with two gloriously fresh vocal showpieces by the composer Mahler loved above all others: Mozart himself.
Prelude: 2.00pm (free to ticket holders)
Peter Nelson from the University of Edinburgh introduces the concert.
The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on ±«Óătv Radio 3.