
About this event
Sakari Oramo conducts the ĢƵ Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s tragic Sixth Symphony: a powerful opening to our new concert season.
Art imitates life – it isn’t meant to happen the other way round. Mahler’s Sixth Symphony imagines a hero destroyed by three devastating blows of fate. But after he’d filled every bar of this immense symphony with his most heartfelt feelings, that’s exactly what happened to Mahler himself. Dark, tempestuous and filled with yearning visions of hope, it’s 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’s ongoing journey through the Mahler symphonies with the ĢƵ Symphony Orchestra. Bachtrack described their performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony at the 2023 ĢƵ Proms as “an electrifying account”, and in this opening concert of the new ĢƵ SO season the emotional stakes are even higher.
Tickets on general sale from 19 April