| Bartók, Béla (1881-1945) | Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106 | |
| Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) | Symphony no. 4 in G major |
| Alan Gilbert | Conductor |
| Christina Landshamer | Mezzo-soprano |
| New York Philharmonic |
Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic create two very different universes in music by Bartók and Mahler.
The New York Philharmonic has a sound like few other orchestras. To open its Barbican residency, Alan Gilbert takes it to extremes: matching the raw emotion and rough-cut fantasy of Bartók with the deceptively gentle charms of Mahler’s most playful symphony.
Because this is an orchestra with an inspiring tradition: Gilbert’s predecessors in New York include Boulez, Bernstein and Mahler himself. ‘The New York Philharmonic has a unique way with Mahler’ says Gilbert, praising his orchestra’s ‘intrinsic understanding‘ – though his decision to pair the Fourth with Bartók’s genre-busting interwar masterpiece makes for a concert with both heart and head.
Tickets £15–55 plus booking fee. £3 booking fee per online transaction, £4 by phone.
Tickets on sale online from Wednesday 10 February 2016
