Name: Opening Night: Mahler's Fifth Symphony
Start: 2024-09-26
End: 2024-09-26
Location: City Halls

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Ryan Wigglesworth

Singer

Claire Booth

Soloist

Orchestra

Opening Night: Mahler's Fifth Symphony

Glasgow

United Kingdom

City Halls

Aberdeen

Music Hall

Public

Concert

Folk

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor

Akshay C K

Approved

Imagine...the most rapturous love-letter ever written without words. From tragedy to triumph.
With their very first sounds, a composer creates a world. Mahler opens his Fifth Symphony with an ominous fanfare: the first step on a journey through midnight storms, leaping horn-calls, and possibly the most tender love-letter ever written without words, the rapturous Adagietto. British composer Helen Grime, meanwhile, has dived deep into the pages of Zoe Gilbert’s novel 'Folk', drawing on Scottish, Irish and Manx folklore – as well as the magic of a full symphony orchestra – to create an extraordinary new adventure for soprano Claire Booth, who gives the world premiere today. Fellow composer (and BBC SSO Chief Conductor) Ryan Wigglesworth brings both worlds to life: it’s a truly fantastic way to launch a new season.

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Opening Night: Mahler's Fifth Symphony by Grime, H., Mahler, Thu 26 Sep 2024, From (2024/2024), Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth, City Halls, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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