 Thursday 28 January 2010, 7.30pm
PRE-CONCERT EVENT AT 6.15PM
Colin Matthews Crossing the Alps 10'
world premiere 
Mahler Symphony No.2, 'Resurrection' 85'
Markus Stenz conductor
Susan Gritton soprano | Katarina Karnéus mezzo-soprano
Hallé Choir | Hallé Youth Choir
'The symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything.' With his Second Symphony, 'Resurrection', the Hallé's Mahler cycle - presented in collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic - takes us into epic territory. It begins in purgatorial terror and moves with a grand sweep through the gamut of emotions including a deeply expressive solo 'Urlicht' (Primeval Light) to a visionary choral finale in which the heavens seem to open. Conducting the Hallé - loaded with extra brass on stage and off it - newly-appointed Principal Guest Conductor Markus Stenz will surely seek out the drama as well as the serenity and radiance of this overwhelming score. A new work by Colin Matthews is always eagerly anticipated and this Hallé commission for unaccompanied voices puts the Hallé Choir in the spotlight.
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This concert is being broadcast on BBC Radio 3. |
