We regret to inform you that Yannick Nézet-Séguin is suffering from severe flu and has had to withdraw from this evening’s concert. We are very grateful to Lisa Batiashvili who will play/direct Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in the first half of the concert, and to Matthew Coorey for stepping in at very short notice to conduct Mahler’s Symphony No. 9.
Torn between America and Austria in his final years, Mahler would return from New York to his Alpine hut to compose in the summer. The idyllic peace he experienced there permeates the Ninth Symphony – a remarkable sense of homecoming, but marked with the indelible imprint of final farewell.
Listen to Yannick Nézet-Séguin speaking about the challenge of dealing with emotion while performing music.
Please note that the Violin Concerto has been changed from the originally advertised Bartók No.1.
Concert generously supported by the Sharp Family
FREE Pre-concert performance | 6.00pm-6.45pm | Royal Festival Hall An education performance by children involved in The Bridge Project
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CONCERT: Messiaen, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky Saturday 28 April 2012 Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts Messiaen's Les Offrandes oubliées, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. More information >
CD: Mahler Symphony No. 5 / van Zweden £9.99 Jaap van Zweden conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 5 on the Orchestra's own recording label. More information >
