Elder Conducts 鈥楢 Mass of Life鈥�
19:30
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Royal Albert Hall
Programme
- A Mass of Life(100 mins)(sung in German, with English surtitles)
Performers
- Jennifer Davissoprano
- Claudia Hucklecontralto
- David Butt Philiptenor
- Roderick Williamsbaritone
- Sir Mark Elderconductor
Composers
About This Event
鈥楴o other English composer offers more beauty in sound,鈥� Thomas Beecham said of Delius. There鈥檚 no more extravagant, impassioned or overwhelming a canvas for that beauty than A Mass of Life. Taking Nietzsche鈥檚 rapturous prose-poem Also sprach Zarathustra as a starting point, Delius imagined a secular Mass 鈥� a cantata for orchestra, chorus and soloists celebrating the transcendent power and triumph of the human spirit in the face of death. Sir Mark Elder conducts the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra, with soloists including baritone Roderick Williams and tenor David Butt Philip.
There will be one interval
Roderick Williams 漏 Theo Williams
