The Hallé
The finale to the 75th Aldeburgh Festival: Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in Britten’s Death in Venice Suite and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.
The Hallé
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Main image: Sir Mark Elder © John Angerson
The £10 ticket allocation for this concert will be released on Thursday 16 May at 10am. Find out more about £10 tickets.
Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is a showcase for what Sir Mark Elder views as the Hallé’s qualities: “their fighting spirit, joie de vivre, determination and commitment to their music-making”. This epic work is paired with Steuart Bedford’s arrangement of music from Britten's Death in Venice. Bedford conducted the opera’s premiere at the Aldeburgh Festival on 16 June 1973.
After almost a quarter century, conductor and orchestra have become a finely honed machine that thinks and feels as oneThe Guardian
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