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Glasgow Life Presents
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Mahler’s Fifth
MAHLER'S FIFTH
R Shumann Piano Concerto (31')
Mahler Symphony no5 (72')
Robin Ticciati - Conductor
Francesco Piemontesi -Pianist
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is delighted to welcome the London Philharmonic Orchestra for an unmissable performance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. A rare Scottish concert from the world-famous Orchestra.
Robin Ticciati OBE presents Mahler’s blockbuster journey from darkness to light.
A trumpet sounds a fanfare, the orchestra cries out, and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony judders into life. But a symphony, said Mahler, must be like the world; and 70 minutes later the whole orchestra is storming the heavens in triumph. It’s a blockbuster journey from darkness to light, told in funeral marches, Viennese waltzes and of course, music’s sweetest love-letter – the rapturous Adagietto. But Robert Schumann knew a thing or two about love, too, and Glyndebourne Music Director Robin Ticciati is joined by pianist Francesco Piemontesi in Schumann’s heartfelt Piano Concerto – music in which these two artists share a very special rapport.
Uniquely groundbreaking and exhilarating to watch and hear, the London Philharmonic Orchestra has been celebrated as one of the world’s great orchestras since Sir Thomas Beecham founded it in 1932. With every performance the LPO aim to bring wonder to the modern world and cement their position as a leading orchestra for the 21st century.
London’s most adventurous and dynamic mainstream orchestra – The Times, March 2023
London concert-goers are lucky to have concerts as creative as this. – Financial Times