Alexander Briger conducts at the Royal Festival Hall
Alexander Briger
Sat 29 Mar 2008, 7:30pm
Royal Festival Hall, London
Alexander Briger conductor
Gianluca Cascioli piano
Lisa Milne soprano
| Mozart | Overture, Don Giovanni |
|---|---|
| Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23, K488 |
| Mahler | Symphony No. 4 |
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For the third time this season the music of Mozart and Mahler is combined, in recognition of the significant influence that Mozart had on Mahler’s life and works. It is said that as Mahler lay on his deathbed, one of his final words was “Mozart”, an astonishing tribute from one master to another. Indeed there are passages in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony that display the radiant yet restrained classical poise more often associated with his aforementioned hero, whose graceful and elegant Piano Concerto No. 23 we also hear this evening.
Tickets: £45 £38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8
Read Alexander Briger's biography.
Read Gianluca Cascioli's biography.
Mahler's Fourth Symphony
RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS
Mozart Overture, Don Giovanni
Various orchestras/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Warner Elatus 2564 60122-2 (Mozart overture collection)
Soloists/Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
EMI 5 67869-2 (complete in Italian)
Soloists/Philharmonia Orchestra/David Parry
Chandos CHAN 3057 (complete in English)
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23
Murray Perahia/English Chamber Orchestra
Sony SMK 89876 (with Piano Concerto No. 21)
Mitsuko Ichida/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate
Philips 468 540-2 (with Piano Concertos Nos. 19-22)
Mahler Symphony No. 4
Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell
Sony SBK 46535
Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez
DG 463 257-2
Philharmonia Orchestra/Benjamin Zander
TELARC 2CD-80555 (includes introductory talk)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Giuseppe Sinopoli
DG 471 451-2
(Mahler Symphonies 1-9, Adagio (Symphony 10), Das Klagende Lied)
Other recommended recordings by Mikko Franck
Sibelius Lemminkäinen Legends; En Saga
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mikko Franck
Ondine 953-2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mikko Franck
Ondine 1002-2
This concert is part of :
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- Sir Charles Mackerras and Sergey Khachatryan (09/10/2008)
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- Christoph von Dohnányi (30/10/2008)
- Christoph von Dohnányi conducts at De Montfort Hall (31/10/2008)
- Vaughan Williams: The Pioneering Pilgrim (04/11/2008)
- Charles Dutoit conducts at St David's Hall, Cardiff (22/11/2008)
- Charles Dutoit and Janine Jansen (25/11/2008)
- Martyn Brabbins conducts at De Montfort Hall (04/02/2009)
- Gustavo Dudamel conducts at St David's Hall, Cardiff (19/02/2009)
- Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at The Anvil (25/02/2009)
- The Bach Choir (26/02/2009)
- Martyn Brabbins conducts at Bedford Corn Exchange (25/03/2009)
- Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts at De Montfort Hall (27/05/2009)
