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Prom 36: Schubert and Mahler

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2017

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor Thomas Dausgaard perform unfinished works by Schubert and Mahler.

Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard, perform works by Schubert and Mahler.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Schubert: Symphony No.8 'Unfinished'

c. 8.00pm - INTERVAL: Proms Extra
David Owen Norris discusses unfinished works and composers who complete them.

c. 8.20pm
Mahler: Symphony No.10, compl. Deryck Cooke

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard, offer two contrasting answers to the problem of performing unfinished symphonies. Although Schubert started work on his Eighth Symphony nearly six years before his death, he never completed it and the two existing movements of this lyrical, proto-Romantic work are mostly performed without a scherzo or finale. Mahler's final symphony grapples with darkness and doubt in music of rare anguish and intensity. It is presented tonight in the performing version by Deryck Cooke, which allows us to hear the work complete, in all its knotty, generous invention.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Aug 2017 19:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music and featured items

  • Part 1

    Duration: 26:49

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished' (Proms 2017)

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • Interval

    Proms Extra: David Owen Norris discusses unfinished works and composers who complete them

    Duration: 21:52

  • Part 2

    Duration: 01:21:25

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 10 in F sharp minor (performing version by Deryck Cooke)

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • Post-concert

    Duration: 20:05

  • Karine Polwart

    A Time Will Come

    Composer: Naa Densua Tordzro. Performer: Karine Polwart. Performer: Naa Densua Tordzro.
    • The New European Songbook.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Romance & Tarantelle

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: Hélène Mercier.
    • Rachmaninoff: Works for Two Pianos - Lortie/Mercier.
    • Chandos.
    • 7-8.

Credit

Performer Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Aug 2017 19:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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