Mahler’s Fifth

The music

R Schumann Piano Concerto (31’) Listen
Mahler Symphony No. 5 (72’) Listen

The performers

• Robin Ticciati conductor
• Francesco Piemontesi piano

Robin Ticciati presents Mahler’s blockbuster journey from darkness to light.

A trumpet sounds a fanfare, the orchestra cries out, and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony judders into life. But a symphony, said Mahler, must be like the world; and 70 minutes later the whole orchestra is storming the heavens in triumph. It’s a blockbuster journey from darkness to light, told in funeral marches, Viennese waltzes and of course, music’s sweetest love-letter – the rapturous Adagietto. But Robert Schumann knew a thing or two about love, too, and Glyndebourne Music Director Robin Ticciati is joined by pianist Francesco Piemontesi in Schumann’s heartfelt Piano Concerto – music in which these two artists share a very special rapport.