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46<br />
Music<br />
Gustav Mahler<br />
Jugendorchester<br />
Daniele Gatti Conductor<br />
Wagner Prelude to Act 3 from Parsifal<br />
Good Friday Music from Parsifal<br />
Mahler Symphony No 7<br />
The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester is one of the world’s most revered<br />
ensembles of young musicians – and also one of the largest, with over<br />
80 str<strong>in</strong>g players alone. None of its members is over the age of 26,<br />
and they are hand-picked from the best young musicians throughout<br />
Europe. Famed for its breathtak<strong>in</strong>g energy, agility and great sonic beauty,<br />
the orchestra excels <strong>in</strong> music on a grand scale, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the works by<br />
the two great 19th-century composers <strong>in</strong> tonight’s programme.<br />
Mahler’s dark-hued Symphony No 7 charts a journey from dusk<br />
to dawn, with music that is passionate and lyrical, yet also at times<br />
chill<strong>in</strong>g and grotesque. Conductor Daniele Gatti has a well-established<br />
reputation as a f<strong>in</strong>e Mahlerian. He also has an <strong>in</strong>st<strong>in</strong>ctive flair for opera,<br />
and conducts the mystical orchestral meditations from Wagner’s f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
stage work.<br />
‘As an exercise <strong>in</strong> orchestral technique it was supreme, as a musical<br />
encounter it was better still.’ New Statesman<br />
‘Simply ravish<strong>in</strong>g... an extraord<strong>in</strong>ary phenomenon’ The Scotsman<br />
Friday 24 August 8.00pm<br />
Usher Hall<br />
Tickets<br />
£42 £35 £26 £24 £17 £12<br />
2 hours 10 m<strong>in</strong>utes approximately<br />
eif.co.uk/gmjo<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Photo Silvia Lelli<br />
The<br />
Nutcracker<br />
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra<br />
Ilan Volkov Conductor<br />
National Youth Choir of Scotland<br />
Christopher Bell Chorus Master<br />
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (complete ballet)<br />
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite is one of the composer’s best-loved<br />
works, with timeless pieces <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the ‘Trepak’, ‘Waltz of the Flowers’<br />
and ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’. Hear<strong>in</strong>g the suite’s wealth of<br />
melody <strong>in</strong> its rightful place as part of Tchaikovsky’s complete ballet score<br />
places the famous movements <strong>in</strong> their true dramatic context, and also<br />
offers the chance to discover lesser-known gems.<br />
Ilan Volkov directs the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra <strong>in</strong> sumptuous<br />
music that’s perfect for festive occasions of all seasons, and enchants<br />
listeners whatever their age.<br />
This concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a future date.<br />
Saturday 25 August 7.30pm<br />
Usher Hall<br />
Tickets<br />
£42 £35 £26 £24 £17 £12<br />
2 hours approximately<br />
eif.co.uk/nutcracker<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Photo akg-images/Gerd Hartung
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