Prom 18: Britten and Mahler
Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms. Edward Gardner conducts the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's song cycle Das Lied von der Erde and, with Leif Ove Andsnes, Britten's Piano Concerto.
Live at 91Èȱ¬ Proms: the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner. Britten's Piano Concerto and Mahler's powerful orchestral song-cycle Das Lied von der Erde.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Britten: Piano Concerto, Op.13
(revised version, 1945)
08.05
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano)
Stuart Skelton (tenor)
91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
Claudia Mahnke and Stuart Skelton are the soloists in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde - a powerful, personal statement of loss, orchestrated with infinite variety and skill.
It’s paired with another mould-breaking work Britten’s Piano Concerto. Premiered at the Proms in 1938 with the 24-year-old composer as soloist, the work is as much a celebration of orchestral texture as pianistic bravura, bursting with youthful energy and invention. Norwegian pianist and Proms regular Leif Ove Andsnes is the soloist.
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Music Played
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Benjamin Britten
Piano Concerto
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. -
Federico Mompou
El Carrer el guitarrista i el vell cavall from Suburbis
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Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Performer: Claudia Mahnke. Performer: Stuart Skelton. -
Claude Debussy
La Mer: De l'aube a midi sur la mer
Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Olga Paschenko. Music Arranger: Claude Debussy.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Étude-tableau No 6 in A minor, Op 39
Performer: Alexander Melnikov.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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- Thu 1 Aug 2019 19:3091Èȱ¬ Radio 3
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