There is scarcely a more coveted ticket than that of Sir Simon Rattle, at the Proms, armed with a Mahler banger, and Prom 62 proves once more why.  If it’s not the music that gets you, or the electric atmosphere, then it’s Rattle’s customary exuberance, and fantastic bonce.

At just under an hour and a half, Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 in A minor needs no preamble or interval, and the night is devoted to it alone. It begins like all Mahler does, with dramatic tones, and it’s easy even from the outset to see how it gets its nickname of the ‘Tragic’: Mahler making good use of heavy strings, ably led in this instance by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster, Tobias Steymans.

There’s so much to point to, in the genius of each movement. But nothing is more impressive than the apocalyptic final movement, where the brass and woodwind get a chance to bring on the foreboding doom. This is all punctuated by the famous hammer blows, which bring the whole colossal endeavour to a close — made more effective by how quiet Rattle is able to get his orchestra, a testament to his penchant for the theatre of it all.

Prom 62 marks the end of Sir Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra’s two-day stint at the Royal Albert Hall, having also performed Bruckner’s Fourth the night before in Prom 61. But if there were any doubts of the energy of the seasoned maestro, then they are quickly put to bed, in what is once again a Rattilian triumph at the Proms. Long may it continue.

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