Mahler pictured his Fourth Symphony unfolding under skies that 鈥榮hine eternally blue鈥� 鈥� and from the sleighbells with which it opens to its final, childlike vision of heaven, it is outwardly the happiest symphony he ever wrote. But he knew that life is more complicated than that, and in a Prom that begins with Caroline Shaw鈥檚 contemporary take on the music of the 18th century, and stars the 鈥榗ompelling鈥� Clara-Jumi Kang in Mendelssohn鈥檚 bittersweet Violin Concerto, there鈥檚 always something more, hidden just below the surface. Soprano Miah Persson makes Mahler鈥檚 vision shine, and the 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales shows the full scope of its blossoming relationship with Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft.

Image: Miah Persson 漏 Reka Choy