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Mahler's Seventh Symphony with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2020

Gianandrea Noseda leads the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic in a performance of Mahler’s mighty Seventh Symphony, as well as the Second Symphony by the late Oliver Knussen.

In 2020, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.

After almost a decade at the helm of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (who later became the orchestra’s Conductor Laureate) opened this 2012 Prom with Mozart’s famous overture to Don Giovanni – by turns solemn, impetuous and edgy. From dreaming sleep to a dawn awakening, Oliver Knussen’s Second Symphony then takes us through a landscape of iridescent colour, with a vocal line that soars to stratospheric heights.

One of British music’s great originals, Knussen found an individual voice while still in his teens. This performance – given on his 60th-birthday year – is a celebration of his unique contribution to UK music. Its nocturnal sequence finds a counterpart in the two β€˜Night Music’ movements of Mahler’s Seventh Symphony – his own all-encompassing journey from darkness to light – which concludes the programme.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Mozart: Don Giovanni – overture
Knussen: Symphony No. 2
Mahler: Symphony No 7 in E minor

Gillian Keith (soprano)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

(From the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2012, 7 July)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Mon 17 Aug 2020 19:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture Don Giovanni

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.

  • Oliver Knussen

    Symphony no 2 op 7

    Singer: Gillian Keith. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no 7

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60

    Performer: Christopher Gaugue. Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 90222.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Aug 2020 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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