From the Ashes

Get ready for performances of four outstanding classics in Nottingham Symphony Orchestra's concert at Nottingham's Albert Hall on Saturday, 6th March 2027. Please note that this concert will start at 7pmConcerto for the Left Hand - Maurice Ravel (Soloist: Simon Callaghan)
Last Movement Symphony No. 3 - Gustav Mahler
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune - Claude Debussy
The Firebird Suite (1919) - Igor StravinskyStarting at the earlier than usual time of 7pm, the concert will be conducted by Mark Prescott and features two pieces in particular that were trailblazing at the time of their premieres. Debussy's Prelude a L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune must have sounded like music from another world at its first performance in 1894, with its beautiful, intoxicating, impressionistic sounds marking a turning point in classical music.Stravinsky's The Firebird set exciting new standards for ballet music in 1910 and paved the way for the composer's stunning scores to both Petrushka and The Rite of Spring. NSO will be playing the 1919 suite Stravinsky extracted from The Firebird, including the mysterious Introduction, the exciting Infernal Dance and the rousing Finale among its magical movements.The concert will also offer the rare chance to hear the sixth and final movement from Mahler's massive Third Symphony, the longest symphony in the mainstream repertoire. Written in 1896, the finale is the highly satisfying summation of an epic work. Originally subtitled What Love Tells Me, it is initially a slow and solemn but ultimately radiant and uplifting movement with an unforgettable ending and was hailed as 'the greatest Adagio since Beethoven' when premiered in 1902.We start the concert with Ravel's Piano Concerto For The Left Hand, written for the Austrian virtuoso Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm while fighting in the First World War.He later commissioned a number of works for the left hand, of which Ravel's tuneful, jazzy and appealing concerto is the most popular. The soloist will be the returning Simon Callaghan, a popular figure from his previous dazzling performances with Nottingham Symphony Orchestra.