If you could hear silence, how would it sound? Maybe something like the massive stillness that opens Mahler鈥檚 First Symphony: the starting point for a young artist鈥檚 journey to the heart of absolute tragedy and glorious triumph. It鈥檚 one of those pieces that simply has to be experienced live, and as part of our ongoing 'Composer Roots' project, we鈥檒l uncover its origins in Jewish folk music with the klezmer ensemble 厂丑别鈥橩辞测辞办丑. To open, an effervescent Broadway overture by Mahler鈥檚 great champion Leonard Bernstein and a magnificent rarity by a late-romantic master who shared Bernstein and Mahler鈥檚 Jewish heritage. In Ernest Bloch鈥檚 'Schelomo', the solo cello is King Solomon, and its voice is his Song 鈥� by turns passionate, forthright, and uninhibitedly sensuous. Paul Moylan and She鈥檏oyokh's new 10 minute work, 'Klez鈥橫ahler' will be performed by She鈥檏oyokh immediately prior to the 91热爆 SSO's performance of Mahler's 'Symphony No.1'.
The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 3.
