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Prom 32: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Schoenberg, Dutilleux and Mahler
Part of the BBC Proms 2016
Add to my Calendar 08-08-2016 19:30 08-08-2016 21:30 36 Prom 32: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Schoenberg, Dutilleux and Mahler Mahler’s First Symphony isn’t just the opening chapter of the composer’s spiritual autobiography, it’s also an awakening in itself. From hushed strings and woodwind cuckoos, it breaks into a forthright stride towards, eventually, a blazing affirmation of camaraderie and confidence. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the symphony here with his own Philharmonia Orchestra, following meditations on loss from Arnold Schoenberg and centenary composer Henri Dutilleux, whose The Shadows of Time was inspired by the diaries of Anne Frank and written to mark 50 years since the end of the Second World War. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Arnold Schoenberg – A Survivor from Warsaw, Op.46
Henri Dutilleux – The Shadows of Time
~ Interval ~
Gustav Mahler – Symphony no.1 in D major 'Titan'
Performers
Simon Russell Beale – Narrator
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Conductor
Philharmonia Voices (Men's voices)
Philharmonia Orchestra
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Programme Note
Mahler’s First Symphony isn’t just the opening chapter of the composer’s spiritual autobiography, it’s also an awakening in itself. From hushed strings and woodwind cuckoos, it breaks into a forthright stride towards, eventually, a blazing affirmation of camaraderie and confidence.
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the symphony here with his own Philharmonia Orchestra, following meditations on loss from Arnold Schoenberg and centenary composer Henri Dutilleux, whose The Shadows of Time was inspired by the diaries of Anne Frank and written to mark 50 years since the end of the Second World War.