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Thu 1 Aug 2019

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Hannah French and former Proms Controller Sir Nicholas Kenyon discuss Henry Wood鈥檚 relationship with 20th-century music in the second of three events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Proms founder-conductor's birth.

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• 19:30

  Prom 18: Mahler & Britten

  Royal Albert Hall

  Mahler鈥檚 orchestral song-cycle Das Lied von der Erde is a powerful exploration of loss, while Britten鈥檚 Piano Concerto overflows with youthful energy. Edward Gardner conducts the 91热爆 SO with soloists Stuart Skelton, Claudia Mahnke and Leif Ove Andsnes.

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  Mahler鈥檚 orchestral song-cycle Das Lied von der Erde is a powerful exploration of loss, while Britten鈥檚 Piano Concerto overflows with youthful energy. Edward Gardner conducts the 91热爆 SO with soloists Stuart Skelton, Claudia Mahnke and Leif Ove Andsnes.

  Programme

  • • • Benjamin Britten
      • Piano Concerto(35 mins)(revised version, 1945) Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1938
    • • interval
    • • Gustav Mahler
      • Das Lied von der Erde(64 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1914

  Performers

  • Leif Ove Andsnes

    piano
    piano
  • Claudia Mahnke

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Stuart Skelton

    tenor
    tenor
  • 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra
  • Edward Gardner

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Benjamin Britten
  • Gustav Mahler

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