Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Adams, John (b. 1947) | Short Ride in a Fast Machine | |
| Adams, John (b. 1947) | Saxophone Concerto (UK première) | |
| Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) | Symphony no. 1 in D major "Titan" |
Performers
| Timothy McAllister | Alto Saxophone |
| BBC Symphony Orchestra | |
| Marin Alsop | Conductor |
Marin Alsop makes a welcome return following her triumph at last year’s Last Night, to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s First Symphony. Originally designated a ‘symphonic poem’, the work retains all the programmatic colour this suggests. A young hero travels through life, marvelling at nature and growing to maturity, but encountering the sorrows and conflicts of Fate at every turn. Mahler’s long-limbed lyricism meets its match in the muscular drive of John Adams’s Saxophone Concerto, written for virtuoso soloist Timothy McAllister, and his iconic orchestral miniature Short Ride in a Fast Machine, which pulses with anarchic life.
Seats £7.50 to £38 (plus booking fee).
