Prom 18: Mahler, Ravel & Sir Harrison Birtwistle

30 Jul 2014, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 30 Jul 2014 Next Event

Proms 2014 Prom 18: Mahler, Ravel & Sir Harrison Birtwistle

19:30 Wed 30 Jul 2014 Royal Albert Hall

Mahler鈥檚 Symphony No. 5 鈥� an orchestral showpiece of shifting moods and intense emotions 鈥� is the culmination to this concert by the 大象传媒 Philharmonic. The orchestra is joined by Pianist Alexandre Tharaud for Ravel鈥檚 virtuosic Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, and the programme opens with Sir Harrison Birtwistle鈥檚 atmospheric Night鈥檚 Black Bird.

Programme

- - Harrison Birtwistle
  - Night's Black Bird(13 mins)
- - Maurice Ravel
  - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand(18 mins)
- - Alexander Scriabin
  - Prelude for the Left Hand(5 mins)(encore)
- - interval
- - Gustav Mahler
  - Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor(73 mins)

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About this event

The intense, contrasting moods of Mahler鈥檚 Symphony No. 5 鈥� the bitter solemnity of its funeral march, the violence of its second movement and the tenderness of the famous Adagietto 鈥� make this one of the great orchestral showpieces.

In his Proms concerto debut, French pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs Ravel鈥檚 atmospheric and virtuosic Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, and the concert opens with the first of several works at this year鈥檚 Proms celebrating Sir Harrison Birtwistle鈥檚 80th birthday 鈥� an atmospheric plunge into mossy, melancholic darkness, lightened only by the call of birds.

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