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James MacMillan
Symphony No.3 'Silence' (Scottish Premiere)
Mahler
Das Lied Von Der Erde
  • Karen Cargill, Mezzo-Soprano
  • Simon O'Neill, Tenor
  • Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Mahler

Thursday 24 April, 7.30 P.M.

BBC Radio 3

This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3

The Pieces

Symphony No.3 'Silence' (Scottish Premiere)

James MacMillan (born 1959)
 
 

Das Lied Von Der Erde

Mahler (1860-1911)
  1. Von der Schönheit
  2. Der Einsame im Herbst
  3. Von der Jugend
  4. Von der Schönheit
  5. Der Trunkene im Frühling
  6. Der Abschied
 
 

Venue & Ticket Information

Glasgow
City Halls
Candleriggs
Glasgow
G1 1NQ
Tickets: £9.00-£21.50
0141-353 8000
Mahler

Prelude

Das Lied von der Erde

6.45pm in the Main Hall. Peter Franklin, Professor of Music at Oxford University, on Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. WE APOLOGISE BUT THIS PRE-CONCERT EVENT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED.

 
Donald Runnicles

Post-concert Coda

Donald Runnicles

10 minutes after the main concert meet Donald Runnicles in the informal surroundings of the Candleriggs Bar.

 

The Artists

Karen Cargill

Karen Cargill

Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, the University of Toronto and the National Opera Studio in London. She was joint winner of the 2002 Kathleen Ferrier Award.

 
 

Simon O'Neill

 
 

Donald Runnicles

Donald Runnicles

Donald Runnicles was born in Scotland and educated there and at Cambridge University. He made his North American debut in 1988 conducting Berg's Lulu at the Metropolitan Opera, and in 1989 was named General Music Director of the City of Freiburg, Germany. He made his 1991 Glyndebourne debut conducting Don Giovanni in the production observing the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death. Donald Runnicles has held the position of Music Director of San Francisco Opera since 1990 and takes up his post as Chief Conductor of the BBC SSO in September 2009

 
 

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