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3 Aug 2015, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 3 Aug 2015 Next Event

Prom 24: Sir James MacMillan & Mahler

19:30 Mon 3 Aug 2015 Royal Albert Hall

The world premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s Symphony No. 4 is paired with Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony. Renowned Mahlerian Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 6 September.

Programme

- - Sir James MacMillan
  - Symphony No 4(25 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- - interval
- - Gustav Mahler
  - Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor(72 mins)

Performers

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

Mahler’s mighty Symphony No. 5 is the climax of this second Prom from Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The work’s intense, contrasting moods – the bitter solemnity of the funeral march, the violence of the second movement and the tenderness of the famous Adagietto – make this one of the great orchestral showpieces. The evening opens with the world premiere of a dramatic new symphony from Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan.