Thursday Night subscription booking now open.
General booking, including Afternoon Performances, opens on Fri 5 May
Book between 4 and 15 concerts in the BBC SSO’s Thursday Night Series and save up to 30%. Seniors are entitled to an extra 5% off. Your discount will be automatically applied at the online checkout.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Mahler's 'Song of the Earth'
R. STRAUSS Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten (c.20 mins)
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (c.65 mins)
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Brenden Gunnell, tenor
Alpesh Chauhan, conductor
As Gustav Mahler confronted his own mortality, he found consolation in the poetry of ancient China. Das Lied von der Erde is the result, a symphony like no other that distils every last drop of life’s sorrow and sweetness into six soul-wrenching songs. Alpesh Chauhan is in his element in music like this: few conductors rival his skill at drawing intimate emotion from epic scores, and with soloists of the calibre of Brenden Gunnell and the great Scottish mezzo Karen Cargill this should go straight to the heart. First, though, drama and opulence from Richard Strauss – a surging hymn to life, born from the turmoil of the First World War.
Tickets: £30, £25, £20, £15
Concessions: £6.00 - Under 26s, Students (in full-time education), Registered Unemployed to the Thursday Night Series.
50% Discount - Registered Disabled
Age Restrictions: Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.