BBC Proms: Mahler’s ‘Tragic’ Sixth
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP , [Venue Details]Heroes fall but fight on in a programme of monumental soundscapes, poised on the edge of life and death.
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrate the centenary of Hungary’s greatest living composer, György Kurtág, with a rare performance of his powerful orchestral elegy Stele, whose kaleidoscopic textures capture the commotion of a battlefield as seen by a wounded man. In Kurtág’s own words: ‘The fighting rages all around him, but he sees only a very clear, very blue sky.’
Written at one of the happiest times of the composer’s life, Mahler’s premonitory ‘Tragic’ Symphony No. 6 – haunted by children’s voices, dances and marches, by losses and agonies yet to come – broods on human frailty and resilience in music that threatens to burst the banks of the classical symphony.
Programme
György Kurtág - Stele 13’
Interval
Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor 79’
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Admission
Min: £19.34
Max: £71.36
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Other key names: Sakari Oramo - conductor
Doors open: 6:00 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's
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BBC Proms: Mahler’s ‘Tragic’ Sixth
Wednesday, 22 Jul 2026 @7.00pm
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2APMore Information
Heroes fall but fight on in a programme of monumental soundscapes, poised on the edge of life and death.
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrate the centenary of Hungary’s greatest living composer, György Kurtág, with a rare performance of his powerful orchestral elegy Stele, whose kaleidoscopic textures capture the commotion of a battlefield as seen by a wounded man. In Kurtág’s own words: ‘The fighting rages all around him, but he sees only a very clear, very blue sky.’
Written at one of the happiest times of the composer’s life, Mahler’s premonitory ‘Tragic’ Symphony No. 6 – haunted by children’s voices, dances and marches, by losses and agonies yet to come – broods on human frailty and resilience in music that threatens to burst the banks of the classical symphony.
Programme
György Kurtág - Stele 13’
Interval
Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor 79’
Admission
Min: £19.34
Max: £71.36
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Other key names: Sakari Oramo - conductor
Doors open: 6:00 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's
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