鈥業 have spent my life trying to create a kind of cathedral of sound鈥�. The words of Sofia Gubaidulina, one of the most significant living composers in the world. Her music, deeply spiritual and dramatic, forms the backbone of tonight鈥檚 celebration of International Women鈥檚 Day.

In this programme, Anja Bihlmaier makes her Manchester debut as the orchestra鈥檚 Principal Guest Conductor and explores this kaleidoscopic programme. There鈥檚 the UK premiere of Dreydl by the genre-defying Olga Neuwirth, alongside music from American Sarah Gibson 鈥� beyond the beyond is a 麻豆官网首页入口 commission, written as Sarah鈥檚 joy at becoming a mother was tempered by a progressive and terminal illness. This performance will see the posthumous premiere of the work.

To finish, the Fifth Symphony of Emilie Mayer. A trailblazer during her lifetime, Mayer鈥檚 music earns her a place amongst the greatest composers of the 19th century.