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Hope and despair: Rattle transcends in Mahler 6 and Turnage première

By Mark Thomas, 20 January 2017
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“a passionate exploration of a more life-affirming position”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 19 January 2017
Programme
Turnage, Remembering (World Première)
Mahler, Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Performers
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
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Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas
A lifelong devotee of classical music, Mark caught the bug after listening to The Planets, The Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s Fifth when he was knee-high to a grasshopper. He has degrees in non-musical subjects and currently works as a Chartered Governance Professional, but these have proved to be mere distractions from the wonders of sonatas, concertos and symphonies. He has been reviewing for Bachtrack since 2016, plays viola and violin (very shakily) and used to sing a bit (even more shakily).