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Prom 66: Beethoven, Betsy Jolas and Mahler

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2022

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Karina Canellakis conducts the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's First Symphony and the world premiere of Betsy Jolas's bTunes with pianist Nicolas Hodges.

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Karina Canellakis, perform Mahler's First Symphony and premiere Betsy Jolas's bTunes with pianist Nicolas Hodges.

Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus – overture
Betsy Jolas: bTunes [ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ co-commission: world premiere]

7.55 pm
Interval: Ian Skelly talks to Robert Samuels about Mahler's First Symphony.

8.15pm
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major

Nicolas Hodges (piano)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis (conductor)

Imagine if silence had a sound. That’s what the young Gustav Mahler tried to evoke in the massive stillness that opens his First Symphony – a whole world emerging into life, and a young artist walking out to find triumph, tragedy and (of course) love. But youth is a state of mind: expect surprises (and sounds) like you’ve never heard when the revered Franco-American composer Betsy Jolas riffs on the 21st-century listening culture of playlists and downloads in her inventive new concerto for pianist Nicolas Hodges. Karina Canellakis (hailed by The Times for her β€˜freshly minted’ interpretations) conducts the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra – and few living conductors are better equipped to channel fire from the gods in Beethoven’s Olympian overture.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Mon 5 Sep 2022 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus - overture

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.

  • Betsy Jolas

    bTunes

    Performer: Nicolas Hodges. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125, 'Choral' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: GΓΌnter Wand. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Wand, NDR-Sinfonieorchester.
    • RCA Classics.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Ging heut' Morgen ΓΌbers Feld (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Christian Gerhaher: Mahler Lieder.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 7.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 in D major

    Ensemble: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo capriccio in G major Op.129 'Rage over a Lost Penny'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.

  • Fela Sowande

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Piano Quartet in A minor

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Tom Dunn. Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Musical Moment in C sharp minor, D.780 no 4

    Performer: LlΕ·r Williams.
    • LlΕ·r Williams: Schubert, Vol. 1.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Sep 2022 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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