Fidelio Orchestra: Mahler 6th Symphony
- 6pm - 8.30pm
Tickets
About this event:
- Category:
- Classical Music
- Event type:
- Booking required | In-person
- Admission:
- Tickets from £20
- Date, time and location:
- , 6pm - 8.30pm in Milton Court Concert Hall
Mahler 6
The Fidelio Orchestra returns to Milton Court Concert Hall for a performance of Mahler's 6th Symphony, conducted by Raffaello Morales.
Promoted by Fidelio Orchestra and Jewish Literary Foundation
Programme
6.00pm Pre-concert conversation with Raffaello Morales, Edward Seckerson and Anthony Freud OBE
7.30pm Gustav Mahler Symphony no. 6 in A minor
Fidelio Orchestra
Raffaello Morales conductor
Founded in 2019, the Fidelio Orchestra has quickly established itself as a vibrant presence in London’s classical music scene. It brings together people with a shared commitment to making great music in an atmosphere that is both joyful and refreshingly unpretentious.
By including non-professional players alongside emerging professionals, the Fidelio Orchestra fosters a space where performing historical repertoire is not only a professional pursuit, but also a powerful way to connect the world of classical music with broader society.
Run as a charity since incorporation in 2020, the orchestra is dedicated to providing young musicians with high-quality orchestral experience and opportunities to collaborate with exceptional soloists. Since 2025 its charitable purpose is furthered by the establishment of outreach programmes in collaboration with schools across London.
A pre-concert conversation with Raffaello Morales, Edward Seckerson and Anthony Freud OBE.
Followed by a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 by Fidelio Orchestra, conducted by Raffaello Morales.
Mahler’s Sixth Symphony is often known as the “Tragic”. Yet it was composed during one of the happiest periods of the composer’s life. Why, then, did Mahler return so insistently to questions of suffering, fate and loss? And what can his music teach us about how we confront tragedy?
Before Fidelio Orchestra’s performance of this extraordinary work, join Mahler experts Raffaello Morales and Edward Seckerson for a conversation chaired by Anthony Freud exploring the power of art to illuminate life’s darkest experiences.
Born into a Jewish family in nineteenth-century Bohemia and living in a Europe marked by social and cultural upheaval, Mahler wrestled throughout his life with questions of identity, belonging, faith and meaning. These concerns find powerful expression in his music, which moves between hope and despair, tenderness and violence, transcendence and catastrophe.
Taking Mahler’s Sixth Symphony as a starting point, this discussion will explore how artists respond to suffering, whether tragedy can deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world, and why Mahler’s vision continues to resonate so strongly in our own uncertain times.
Venue information
Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.
- Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH
