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Prom 35: Mahler’s Seventh Symphony

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Sakari Oramo conducts the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No 7. Leila Josefowicz joins them for Berg's heartbreaking Violin Concerto.

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Mahler's Symphony No. 7, 'Song of the Night', and Berg's heartbreaking Violin Concerto with soloist Leila Josefowicz.

Presented by Martin Handley live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Alban Berg: Violin Concerto

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INTERVAL Martin Handley is joined by Dr Robert Samuels, Senior Lecturer in Music at The Open University, to talk about Mahler's 7th Symphony.

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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor

Leila Josefowicz (violin)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

An emotionally charged programme from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo. Berg’s Violin Concerto weaves quotations from Bach into music contrasting expressive Romanticism with cooler serial techniques. American-Canadian violinist Leila Josefowicz is the soloist. Every Mahler symphony is an emotional journey: his Seventh in E minor sweeps from an overcast Alpine lake through love songs, nightmares and nocturnal marches to an ear-splitting finish along with jangling cowbells and laced with pitch-black humour. Mahler called the 2nd and 4th movements "Nachtmusik " - often translated as "night song". Yet, as Leonard Bernstein commented, there is something darker afoot: "The minute we understand that the word Nachtmusik does not mean nocturne in the usual lyrical sense, but rather nightmare β€”that is, night music of emotion recollected in anxiety instead of tranquillityβ€”then we have the key to all this mixture of rhetoric, camp, and shadows."

* Unfortunately, Sir Andrew Davis has had to withdraw from this Prom. We are very grateful to Sakari Oramo who will replace him at short notice. Mahler Symphony No. 10 will be replaced by Mahler Symphony No. 7. Berg’s Violin Concerto will still be performed as advertised.*

03:57 Alban Berg - Violin Concerto
35:00 Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 (3rd mvt)
39:19 Interval - Martin Handley is joined by Dr Robert Samuels
1:03:12 Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 7 in E minor

2 hours, 44 minutes

Music Played

  • Alban Berg

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: Largo

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Gustav Mahler

    RΓΌckert Lieder: No. 2. Liebst du um SchΓΆnheit

    Performer: Brian Zeger. Singer: Jamie Barton.
    • All Who Wander.
    • Delos.
    • 102.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.7

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Richard Strauss

    Prelude to Capriccio, Op 85

    Ensemble: Oculi Ensemble.
    • Metamorphosen: Strauss Chamber Works.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 1.
  • GyΓΆrgy Ligeti

    Γ‰tudes, Book 2: No. 13, L'escalier du diable

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • GyΓΆrgy Ligeti Edition, Vol. 3.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Thu 10 Aug 2023 19:30

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