Halle at Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall

Date: Sun 31st Jan
Time: 19:30

Markus Stenz conductor
Susan Gritton soprano
Katerina Karneus mezzo-soprano
Hallé Choir

Colin Matthews Crossing the Alps
Mahler Symphony No.2 'Resurrection'

The Hallé’s Principal Guest Conductor begins our first concert in 2010 with a new Hallé commission from its Associate Composer, Colin Matthews. Written for unaccompanied voices, Crossing the Alps is a powerful showcase for the Hallé’s acclaimed choir and a fascinating prelude to Mahler’s massive Second Symphony.

Six years in the making, the ‘Resurrection’ Symphony is an all-embracing vision of life, death and what lies beyond. Written for vast orchestral forces, including large choir and two soloists this is a truly earth-shaking experience. Mahler conceived of the symphony as a journey from dark and anguished struggles, through fond memories of lost loved ones, to a cataclysmic day of reckoning. Finally, led by his two soloists (in this case leading British soprano, Susan Gritton, and former winner of the BBC’s Cardiff Singer of the Year Competition, mezzo Katarina Karneus), Mahler storms the heavens with his most uplifting and spectacular finale.

Free pre-concert talk, 6.30pm in the auditorium:
Colin Matthews on his new work, Crossing the Alps

Estimated finishing time 9.10pm
Please note that there is no interval in this concert.

For more information and clips of the music in this concert click below
www.nottinghamclassics.org.uk/115488

Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall

Theatre Square
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 5ND

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