Performance on 3 - CBSO - Weir, Mahler

Presented by Catherine Bott. Continuing their Mahler Cycle at the Symphony Hall, conductor Andris Nelsons with his City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra offer their rendition of the Austrian composer's Symphony No. 5 - a tale of life and death, from the opening harrowing funereal trumpet solo, to the very last reassuring chords. First though, Judith Weir's Shakespeare-inspired Storm, performed by the very choir and conductor who premiered it back in 1997. WEIR: Storm MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 CBSO Youth Chorus CBSO Children's Chorus City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Simon Halsey conductor Andris Nelsons conductor Followed by songs from a recital by baritone Christopher Maltman and pianist Malcolm Martineau, part of the Wigmore Hall's celebration of a hundred years of German Lieder: the survey reaches the 1820s with music by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Loewe.