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Prom 33: Rachmaninov, Mahler-Werfel and Pejačević

Live at the 鶹Լ Proms: John Storgårds and the 鶹Լ Philharmonic in Rachmaninov’s First Symphony. Sarah Connolly joins them in songs by Alma Mahler-Werfel and Dora Pejačević.

Live at the 鶹Լ Proms: John Storgårds and the 鶹Լ Philharmonic in Rachmaninov's First Symphony. Sarah Connolly joins them in songs by Alma Mahler-Werfel and Dora Pejačević.

Presented by Tom McKinney, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Weber: Overture to Oberon (10')
Pejačević: Zwei Schmetterlingslieder Op.52, Verwandlung Op.37, Liebeslied Op.39 (16')
Alma Mahler-Werfel (orch C and D Matthews) Die stille Stadt, Licht in der Nacht, Bei dir ist es traut (9')
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.1 (42')

Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
鶹Լ Philharmonic
John Storgårds (conductor)

If the first-night audience was hostile to the 23-year-old Rachmaninov’s First Symphony, history has been far kinder, embracing its ability to reimagine Russian musical tradition. John Storgårds and the 鶹Լ Philharmonic are joined by mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly for turn-of-the-century songs by Alma Mahler-Werfel and Croatia’s Dora Pejačević, and the curtain rises with the overture to Weber’s ‘Grand Romantic and Fairy Opera’, written for London’s Covent Garden.

02:50 Carl Maria von Weber – Oberon: Overture
15:15 Dora Pejačević - Zwei Schmetterlingslieder Op.52
18:16 Dora Pejačević - Verwandlung Op.37
22:40 Dora Pejačević - Liebeslied Op.39
27:51 Alma Mahler-Werfel (orch C and D Matthews) - Die stille Stadt
30:45 Alma Mahler-Werfel (orch C and D Matthews) - Licht in der Nacht
34:35 Alma Mahler-Werfel (orch C and D Matthews) - Bei dir ist es traut
41:48 Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony No.1

2 hours, 14 minutes

Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon - Overture

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • Dora Pejačević

    2 Schmetterlingslieder Op.52

    Performer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Verwandlung Op.37

    Performer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Liebeslied Op.39

    Performer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Die Stille Stadt

    Performer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Licht In Der Nacht

    Performer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Bei Dir Ist Es Traut

    Performer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 1 In D Minor Op.13

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • John Adams

    Road Movies

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: John Novacek.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Philip Glass

    Mad Rush for piano

    Performer: Bruce Brubaker.
    • glass cage, music for piano by Philip Glass and John Cage. Bruce Brubaker (pno).
    • Arabesque recordings.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 (Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 23.

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Aug 2023 19:00

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