Prom 63: Mahler & John Adams

4 Sep 2014, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Thu 4 Sep 2014 Next Event

Proms 2014 Prom 63: Mahler & John Adams

19:30 Thu 4 Sep 2014 Royal Albert Hall

After her triumph at last year鈥檚 Last Night of the Proms, Marin Alsop returns, joining the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra for Mahler鈥檚 colourful and programmatic First Symphony. The muscular drive of John Adams dominates the first half, featuring the UK premiere his Saxophone Concerto as well as his iconic orchestral miniature Short Ride in a Fast Machine.

Programme

- - John Adams
  - Short Ride in a Fast Machine(5 mins)
  - Saxophone Concerto(30 mins)UK premiere
- - Astor Piazzolla
  - Tango-脡tude No. 4(encore)
- - interval
- - Gustav Mahler
  - Symphony No. 1 in D major(55 mins)

Performers

91热爆 Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop
conductor
conductor
Timothy McAllister
alto saxophone
alto saxophone

Composers

About this event

Marin Alsop makes a welcome return following her triumph at last year鈥檚 Last Night, to conduct the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra in Mahler鈥檚 First Symphony. Originally designated a 鈥榮ymphonic poem鈥�, the work retains all the programmatic colour this suggests. A young hero travels through life, marvelling at nature and growing to maturity, but encountering the sorrows and conflicts of Fate at every turn.

Mahler鈥檚 long-limbed lyricism meets its match in the muscular drive of John Adams鈥檚 Saxophone Concerto, written for virtuoso soloist Timothy McAllister, and his iconic orchestral miniature Short Ride in a Fast Machine, which pulses with anarchic life.

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