Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela: Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler listing on Broadway Baby

Charismatic Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel takes to the podium for an odyssey through his countrys folk roots, followed by Mahler's spetacular First Symphony.

Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director of the sensational Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, conducts a concert that celebrates the musicians homeland.

The programme opens with Venezuelan cellist and composer Paul Desenne's Guasamacabra, described by the composer as 'a fresh, innocent tune quickly evolving into a much more complicated and even dramatic affair'. Gonzalo Grau, one of Venezuelas most respected composers and multi-instrumentalists, brings his countrys musical spirit and infectious rhythms to his glittering Odisea, a concerto for the guitar-like cuatro. Virtuoso cuatro player Jorge Glem is the soloist in this musical odyssey through Venezuelas folk roots.

Dudamel completes his programme with one of the most spellbinding symphonies ever written. Mahlers titanic First Symphony propels you on a musical voyage from birth to death and beyond. Journey from hushed murmurings of nature reborn to a tragic funeral cortege and final glorious triumph.

The Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Residency is supported by

James and Morag Anderson

Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

Gustavo Dudamel Conductor

Jorge Glem Cuatro

Paul Desenne Guasamacabra

Gonzalo Grau Odisea"Concerto for Cuatro and Orchestra

Mahler Symphony No 1

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