A lone trumpet sounds in the darkness and Gustav Mahler begins his great symphonic struggle from tragedy to triumph – by way of midnight storms, joyous horn-calls, and arguably the most tender love-letter ever written without words: the rapturous 'Adagietto'. Bruch’s much-loved Violin Concerto comes from the same world of solitary wanderers and distant horn-calls. It’s perfect for what one critic has called the “lovely freedom and sense of fantasy” of Henning Kraggerud – a violinist who has something fresh to say in even the most familiar music. And to begin, discover the extraordinary soundworld of Chaya Czernowin. “Can you imagine making your ear into a huge microphone listening to an amalgam of noises like the noises inside one’s body, then at once listening to a huge crowd of thousands of people?”, she asks. This “large scale miniature” evokes exactly that.
Please note: Alpesh Chauhan replaces the BBC SSO's Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard who is unwell.
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room (free to ticket-holders, subject to seating availability): in a change to the previously d Prelude, Alpesh Chauhan, in conversation with BBC SSO violinist Alex Gascoine, talks about his life as a conductor.
The concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 - presented by Kate Molleson.
This concert has now sold out - "returns" only.
