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Mahler's Fourth Symphony

The London Philharmonic Orchestra perform Mahler's Fourth Symphony, and are joined by the rising star soprano Jennifer France in Hans Abrahamsen's modern classic, Let me tell you.

In tonight's Radio 3 in Concert, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with their principal conductor Edward Gardner, Mahler's Fourth Symphony meets a modern classic - Hans Abrahamsen's song-cycle, Let me tell you. It's a song-cycle based on Paul Griffiths' novel of the same name, and it follows the narrative of Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet as she tells her tragic story from her own perspective. The soprano Jennifer France was the winner of the 2018 Critics鈥� Circle Emerging Talent Award, and she joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra to sing Abrahamsen's Let me tell you.

Mahler's playful Fourth Symphony is the last of his Wunderhorn symphonies, and it includes the song setting Das himmlische Leben (The Heavenly Life), which depicts a child's dream of heaven. Mahler wrote his Fourth Symphony in 1899 during his holiday in Bad Aussee, and the whole symphony is imbued with the sounds of nature, bird songs, sleigh bells and morning bells.

Recorded on 3rd October at the Royal Festival Hall in London, and presented by Martin Handley.

HANS ABRAHAMSEN
Let me tell you
Jennifer France (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

INTERVAL

MAHLER
Symphony No. 4
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Hans Abrahamsen

    Let Me Tell You

    Singer: Jennifer France. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No.24 in B minor, BWV. 869/2

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 4 In G Major

    Singer: Jennifer France. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll Suite

    Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Sullivan-Mackerras: Pineapple Poll . Verdi-Mackerras: The Lady and the Fool.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 Nov 2025 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3