RCM Symphony Orchestra: Mahler 9

Dates
21 November 2024, 7:30pm

Venue
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Tickets
£20, £15; £10 under 35

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Nicholas Collon wears a black shirt and looks into the camera

21 November 2024, 7:30pm

Venue
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Tickets
£20, £15; £10 under 35

To access discounted under-35s tickets, please select your seat and on the following page select the Under 35 ticket type. Please ensure that you have also inputted your date of birth in your online account. You may be asked to show proof of age eligibility when you attend your booked performance. The discount applies to the cheapest price band only and will be applied at checkout. Full terms and conditions are available on our Box Office page.

Priority booking now open

RCM Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 14 August. General booking opens for our Autumn Season on Wednesday 21 August.

Become a member and benefit from priority booking.

Nicholas Collon conductor
RCM Symphony Orchestra

Mahler Symphony no 9

'Finely articulated playing, near-flawless ensemble, and a sense of occasion that was a delight' –  Critics' Circle on the RCM Symhphony Orchestra

Charismatic conductor Nicholas Collon directs the RCM Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony no 9 – his last complete symphony.

This deeply moving work is characterised by its poignant tone; the Austrian summer light that infused Mahler’s earlier music has attenuated to a sliver of wintry sunshine, illuminating the past as the shadows lengthen. Alban Berg wrote that the first movement is a valedictory ’expression of an exceptional fondness for this earth, the longing to live in peace on it, to enjoy nature to its depths’.

This symphony, from the end of Mahler’s life, is contrasted with a pre-concert performance of one of his earliest works and only surviving chamber piece: the Piano Quartet. Composed when Mahler was a teenager, the Piano Quartet shows the influence of Brahms, Schubert and Robert Schumann.

This performance will be streamed live. To watch, please subscribe to the Royal College of Music’s YouTube channel and switch on notifications, or watch at www.rcm.ac.uk/live

Hear Mahler's Piano Quartet in A minor in a pre-concert performance at 6pm.

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