Mahler鈥檚 Fifth Symphony begins with a funeral march 鈥� but that鈥檚 only the start of this particular story, with its tragedies, triumphs and distant horn-calls - plus, of course, the famous Adagietto, possibly the sweetest love-letter ever written in sound. Ryan Wigglesworth brings a composer鈥檚 insight to Mahler鈥檚 huge vision 鈥� and conducts his own song-cycle Till Dawning.
鈥淐an there be any day but this / Though many suns to shine endeavour?鈥� Like Mahler鈥檚 symphony, Till Dawning tells a story of suffering, struggle and triumphant reawakening, and this new orchestral version only heightens its emotional intensity. Wigglesworth himself conducts, and it鈥檚 sung by Elizabeth Watts, who will perform in place of Sophie Bevan who had to withdraw from the concert.
