Brahms’s Symphony No.4

Ravel’s Mother Goose started life as children’s piano pieces, before becoming an orchestral suite. Tonight we hear the complete ballet music, where the scenario weaves around the tale of Sleeping Beauty, Ravel having composed additional music for her. She dreams of Tom Thumb and Beauty and the Beast, amongst others, until Prince Charming awakens her with a kiss. Brahms’s Fourth Symphony completes Sir Mark’s cycle of the composer’s symphonies with...